Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning
Facial cues of racial outgroup or anger mediate fear learning that is resistant to extinction. Whether this resistance is potentiated if fear is conditioned to angry, other race faces has not been established. Two groups of Caucasian participants were conditioned with two happy and two angry face co...
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| description | Facial cues of racial outgroup or anger mediate fear learning that is resistant to extinction. Whether this resistance is potentiated if fear is conditioned to angry, other race faces has not been established. Two groups of Caucasian participants were conditioned with two happy and two angry face conditional stimuli (CSs). During acquisition, one happy and one angry face were paired with an aversive unconditional stimulus whereas the second happy and angry faces were presented alone. CS face race (Caucasian, African American) was varied between groups. During habituation, electrodermal responses were larger to angry faces regardless of race and declined less to other race faces. Extinction was immediate for Caucasian happy faces, delayed for angry faces regardless of race, and slowest for happy racial outgroup faces. Combining the facial cues of other race and anger does not enhance resistance to extinction of fear. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-383642019-02-19T05:35:12Z Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning Bramwell, S. Mallan, K. Lipp, Ottmar Fear relevance Facial expressions Fear learning Preparedness Race Electrodermal responses Facial cues of racial outgroup or anger mediate fear learning that is resistant to extinction. Whether this resistance is potentiated if fear is conditioned to angry, other race faces has not been established. Two groups of Caucasian participants were conditioned with two happy and two angry face conditional stimuli (CSs). During acquisition, one happy and one angry face were paired with an aversive unconditional stimulus whereas the second happy and angry faces were presented alone. CS face race (Caucasian, African American) was varied between groups. During habituation, electrodermal responses were larger to angry faces regardless of race and declined less to other race faces. Extinction was immediate for Caucasian happy faces, delayed for angry faces regardless of race, and slowest for happy racial outgroup faces. Combining the facial cues of other race and anger does not enhance resistance to extinction of fear. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38364 10.1111/psyp.12155 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Fear relevance Facial expressions Fear learning Preparedness Race Electrodermal responses Bramwell, S. Mallan, K. Lipp, Ottmar Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title | Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title_full | Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title_fullStr | Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title_short | Are two threats worse than one? The effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| title_sort | are two threats worse than one? the effects of face race and emotional expression on fear conditioning |
| topic | Fear relevance Facial expressions Fear learning Preparedness Race Electrodermal responses |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38364 |