APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

N2pc As an Index of Attention Shifting for Emotional Faces: The Role of Task Type

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Brains, Bodies & Behavior

  • Chi Yan
    King's College London
  • Maria Stefanou
    King's College London, London
  • Bird Geoffrey
    University of Oxford
  • Caroline Catmur
    King's College London

Abstract

We investigate whether the N2pc emerges in a line direction or a luminance change task involving irrelevant emotional facial expressions (N = 28).Our results indicate that the presence of the N2pc varies across different types of irrelevant emotional tasks, indicating that it is sensitive to factors such as task difficulty.

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