Predicting Affective Information – An Evaluation of Repetition Suppression Effects

Both theoretical proposals and empirical studies suggest that the brain interprets sensory input based on expectations to mitigate computational burden. However, as social beings, much of sensory input is affectively loaded – e.g., the smile of a partner, the critical voice of a boss, or the welcomi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trapp, Sabrina, Kotz, Sonja A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5016514/