APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Is a (Threatening) Picture (of an Animate Stimulus) Worth a Thousand Words? Evidence for the Animacy Effect Using Photographic Stimuli
- Juliana Leding
University of North Florida - Peggy Taylor
University of North Florida - Danielle Soren-Brunelle
University of North Florida
Abstract
Participants studied photographic stimuli of threatening and nonthreatening animate and inanimate objects. Recognition results indicated better memory for animate compared to inanimate stimuli and for threatening compared to nonthreatening stimuli. The results provide evidence for the animacy effect and that the effect does not depend on threat status of stimuli.
Memory
