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Does Imminent Threat Capture and Hold Attention?

Koster, Ernst H. W., Crombez, Geert, Van Damme, Stefaan, Verschuere, Bruno, De Houwer, Jan·2004·Emotion

Abstract

According to models of attention and emotion, threat captures and holds attention. In behavioral tasks, robust evidence has been found for attentional holding but not for attentional capture by threat. An important explanation for the absence of attentional capture effects is that the visual stimuli used posed no genuine threat. The present study investigated whether visual cues that signal an aversive white noise can elicit attentional capture and holding effects. Cues presented in an attentional task were simultaneously provided with a threat value through an aversive conditioning procedure. Response latencies showed that threatening cues captured and held attention. These results support recent views on attention to threat, proposing that imminent threat captures attention in everyone.

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Authors
Koster, E. H. W., Crombez, G., Van Damme, S., Verschuere, B., & De Houwer, J.
Affiliations
Ghent University (BE)
Venue
Emotion
Published
2004
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
312-317
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
OpenAlex
W2014431249
Cited by
312
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Keywords
attentional capture, threats, aversive conditioning, threat value, visual cues, white noise, response latency, emotion and attention
MeSH terms
Attention, Cues, Facial Expression, Humans, Reaction Time, Visual Perception

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