Sex differences in perception of invisible facial expressions

dc.contributor.authorHong, Sang Wook
dc.contributor.authorYoon, K. Lira
dc.contributor.authorPeaco, Sophia
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T19:59:33Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T19:59:33Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-02
dc.description.abstractPrevious research indicates that women are better at recognizing facial expressions than men. In the current study, we examined whether this female advantage in the processing of facial expressions also occurs at the unconscious level. In two studies, participants performed a simple detection task and a 4-AFC task while faces were rendered invisible by continuous flash suppression. When faces with full intensity expressions were suppressed, there was no significant sex difference in the time of breakup of suppression (Study 1). However, when suppressed faces depicted low intensity expressions, suppression broke up earlier in men than women, indicating that men may be more sensitive to facial features related to mild facial expressions (Study 2). The current findings suggest that the female advantage in processing of facial expressions is absent in unconscious processing of emotional information. The female advantage in facial expression processing may require conscious perception of faces.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00392/fullen_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2nl1n-ua7t
dc.identifier.citationHong SW, Yoon KL and Peaco S (2015) Sex differences in perception of invisible facial expressions. Front. Psychol. 6:392. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00392en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00392
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/25259
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFrontiersen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Psychology Department Collection
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dc.titleSex differences in perception of invisible facial expressionsen_US
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