Angry faces are more resistant to forgetting than are happy faces: Directed forgetting effects on the identity of emotional faces

• Main Authors: TAY, Peter Kay Chai, YANG, Hwajin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Directed forgetting; facial expression; facial recognition; memory of faces; sex differences; Applied Behavior Analysis; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2313; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3570/viewcontent/Angry_faces_are_more_resistant_to_forgetting_than_are_happy_faces_directed_forgetting_effects_on_the_identity_of_emotional_faces.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Using the item-method directed forgetting paradigm (i.e. intentionally forgetting specified information), we examined directed forgetting of facial identity as a function of facial expression and the sex of the expresser and perceiver. Participants were presented with happy and angry male and female...