TB9 P&C Lecture 2; Perception and Attention

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1. In Anderson & Phelps (2001), what was the main finding for the bilateral amygdala damage group?

  • No difference between emotional and neutral stimuli
  • Reduced attentional blink effects when target 2 is emotional
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2. Through which stimuli can you test the effects of emotion on contrast sensitivity?

  • Rorschach inkblot test
  • Attentional Blink
  • Gabor patches
  • Emotional stroop

3. What was the main finding of MacLeod & Matthew's (1986) dot probe task expt?

  • People with GAD are faster in condition with the valid trial threatening words. Low anxiety people faster on invalid trial threatening words
  • People with GAD are faster in condition with the invalid trial threatening words. Low anxiety people faster on valid trial threatening words

4. What is/are the main area(s) in the attention-orienting system?

  • Temporo-parietal junctionn and ventral frontal cortex
  • Amygdala
  • Temporo-parietal junction
  • Ventral frontal cortex

5. In the emotional stroop task, negative words like 'cancer' can;

  • Decrease arousal
  • Speed up reaction times
  • Cause MORE interference than neutral words
  • Cause LESS interference than neutral words

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