APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Asymmetry in Similarity Formation. Implications for the Negativity Effect
- Justyna Olszewska
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Andrzej Falkowski
University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Maria Sidoruk-Blach
University of Economics and Innovation - Zbigniew Bartosiewicz
Bialystok University of Technology
Abstract
The current work reveals a cognitive mechanism of a positive-negative asymmetry, in which a classical set of features was extended to open sets. We revealed that deleting negative features had stronger influence on a positive image of a particular object than adding positive features of the same value.
Perception
