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Challenging the negativity bias in affective scene viewing: The role of social content.

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Τίτλος: Challenging the negativity bias in affective scene viewing: The role of social content.
Συγγραφείς: Fischer A; Department of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany., Postin D; Department of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany., Meiners LJ; Department of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany., Kulke L; Department of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.; Department of Developmental Psychology with Educational Psychology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany., Vrtička P; Centre for Brain Science, Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK., Schacht A; Department of Cognition, Emotion and Behavior, Institute of Psychology, Georg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
Πηγή: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience [Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci] 2025 Jan 18; Vol. 20 (1).
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101288795 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1749-5024 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17495016 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Original Publication: Oxford, UK : Oxford Journals, Oxford University Press
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Evoked Potentials*/physiology , Emotions*/physiology , Brain*/physiology , Visual Perception*/physiology , Affect*/physiology , Social Perception*, Eye Movements/physiology ; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Electroencephalography ; Adult ; Photic Stimulation ; Adolescent
Περίληψη: How does the brain prioritize information when visual scenes contain multiple sources of relevance? While emotionally evocative content has long been considered central to attentional capture, social content constitutes another key dimension of relevance. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the integration of these relevance dimensions remain unclear. We co-registered event-related potentials (ERPs) and eye movements while participants viewed complex scenes varying in social content (social, non-social) and emotional valence (positive, negative, neutral). Early ERP responses (P1) showed enhanced amplitudes for positive social images, suggesting that social relevance can mitigate the early-stage negativity bias. Social content also modulated the EPN, while emotional valence shaped later components (P300, LPC), with larger amplitudes for negative scenes. Eye-tracking measures mirrored these ERP effects: initial saccades were faster for social images, and fixation patterns indicated increased visual exploration for both positive and negative social scenes relative to neutral ones. Together, these results support a sequential appraisal process in which social content is prioritized at early perceptual stages, while emotional valence influences later evaluative processing. This pattern challenges the notion of a general negativity bias and underscores the interactive and stage-specific contributions of social and emotional relevance in affective scene perception.
(© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press.)
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Grant Information: 454648639-SFB 1528 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; W45/2019 Leibniz ScienceCampus Primate Cognition
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: emotional valence; event-related potentials; eye tracking; negativity bias; social content
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20251015 Date Completed: 20251216 Latest Revision: 20260708
Update Code: 20260709
PubMed Central ID: PMC12706866
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsaf108
PMID: 41092056
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE
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ISSN:1749-5024
DOI:10.1093/scan/nsaf108