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Detection of emotional faces: the role of spatial frequencies and local features

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Models of emotion processing suggest that threat-related stimuli such as fearful faces can be detected based on the rapid extraction of low spatial frequencies. However, this remains debated as other models argue that the decoding of facial expressions occurs with a more flexible use of spatial frequencies. The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of spatial frequencies and differences in luminance contrast between spatial frequencies, on the detection of facial emotions. We used a saccadic choice task in which emotional-neutral face pairs were presented and participants were asked to make a saccade toward the neutral or the emotional (happy or fearful) face. Faces were displayed either in low, high, or broad spatial frequencies. Results showed that participants were better to saccade toward the emotional face. They were also better for high or broad than low spatial frequencies, and the accuracy was higher with a happy target. An analysis of the eye and mouth saliency of our stimuli revealed that the mouth saliency of the target correlates with participants' performance. Overall, this study underlines the importance of local more than global information, and of the saliency of the mouth region in the detection of emotional and neutral faces.
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hal-04162330 , version 1 (14-07-2023)

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Lea Entzmann, Nathalie Guyader, Carole Peyrin, Martial Mermillod, Louise Kauffmann. Detection of emotional faces: the role of spatial frequencies and local features. Vision Research, 2023, 211, pp.108281. ⟨10.1016/j.visres.2023.108281⟩. ⟨hal-04162330⟩
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