APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

The Effect of Acute Stress on Recognizing Facial Expressions of Emotion: An Eye Tracking Study

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Max Marshall
    Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Alexandra Fiocco
    Toronto Metropolitan University

Abstract

We investigated the impact of acute psychosocial stress on accurate recognition of six basic emotions. Exposure to stress improved recognition accuracy of fearful, angry, and surprised facial expressions (ps = .01-.04, ηp2= .08-.14). Eye-tracking analyses revealed a significant difference between groups for nasion gaze.

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