RT journal article
T1 Exogenous Attention to Emotional Stimuli Presenting Realistic (3D) Looming Motion
A1 Fernández‑Folgueiras, Uxía
A1 Hernández‑Lorca, María
A1 Méndez Bertolo, Constantino José
A1 Álvarez, Fátima
A1 Giménez‑Fernández, Tamara
A1 Carretié, Luis
A2 Psicología
K1 Exogenous attention
K1 Looming motion
K1 Emotion
K1 ERPs
K1 3D
AB Previous research shows that dynamic stimuli, on the one hand, and emotional stimuli, on the other, capture exogenous attention due to their biological relevance. Through neural (ERPs) and behavioral measures (reaction times and errors), the present study explored the combined effect of looming motion and emotional content on attentional capture. To this end, 3D-recreated static and dynamic animals assessed as emotional (positive or negative) or neutral were presented as distractors while 71 volunteers performed a line orientation task. We observed a two-phase effect: firstly (before 300 ms), early components of ERPs (P1p and N2po) showed enhanced exogenous attentional capture by looming positive distractors and static threatening animals. Thereafter, dynamic and static threatening distractors received enhanced endogenous attention as revealed by both late ERP activity (LPC) and behavioral (errors) responses. These effects are likely explained by both the emotional valence and the distance of the stimulus at each moment.
PB SPRINGER
SN 1573-6792
YR 2022
FD 2022-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27941
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27941
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026