APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Memory for Dangers Past: Threat Contexts Produce More Consistent Learning Than Non-Threatening Contexts
- Akos Szekely
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Suparna Rajaram
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York - Aprajita Mohanty
Stony Brook University, The State University of New York
Abstract
To examine how contextual learning changes when target salience changes, we presented threatening and non-threatening faces in new/old spatial configurations and changed target salience halfway through. We found detection of threatening targets was faster in old than new configurations and this learning persisted even after the target changed to non-threatening.
Emotion
