<p><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/files/2011/07/nihms-359-0001.jpg" title=""></a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30341/nihms-359-0001-114x300-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30341/nihms-359-0001-114x300-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30341/nihms-359-0001-114x300-s.jpg" title="nihms-359-0001-114x300.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="30341"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p><strong>Facial Expressions of Emotion: Are Angry Faces Detected More Efficiently?</strong> "The rapid detection of facial expressions of anger or threat has obvious adaptive value. In this study, we examined the efficiency of facial processing by means of a visual search task. Participants searched displays of schematic faces and were required to determine whether the faces displayed were all the same or whether one was different. Four main results were found: (1) When displays contained the same faces, people were slower in detecting the absence of a discrepant face when the faces displayed angry (or sad/angry) rather than happy expressions. (2) When displays contained a discrepant face people were faster in detecting this when the discrepant face displayed an angry rather than a happy expression. (3) Neither of these patterns for same and different displays was apparent when face displays were inverted, or when just the mouth was presented in isolation. (4) The search slopes for angry targets were significantly lower than for happy targets. These results suggest that detection of angry facial expressions is fast and efficient, although does not "pop-out" in the traditional sense." |||<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17401453" title=""></a></p><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30342/angry_faces_stand_out-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30342/angry_faces_stand_out-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/30342/angry_faces_stand_out-s.jpg" title="angry_faces_stand_out.png" loading="lazy" data-id="30342"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p> Related content: Discoblog: <a href="../2011/01/17/ncbi-rofl-experimentally-induced-anger/" title="">NCBI ROFL: Experimentally induced anger!</a> Discoblog: <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/06/01/ncbi-rofl-your-lack-of-appology-didnt-break-my-heart-but-it-did-give-me-heart-disease/" title="">NCBI ROFL: Your lack of apology didn’t break my heart, but it did give me heart disease.</a> Discoblog: <a href="../2011/02/08/ncbi-rofl-botox-makes-you-happy-because-you-have-no-other-choice/" title="">NCBI ROFL: Botox makes you happy…because you have no other choice.</a> WTF is NCBI ROFL? Read our <a href="../2011/06/01/2010/01/12/ncbi-rofl-hello-world/" title="">FAQ</a>!</p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div>

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Facial Expressions of Emotion: Are Angry Faces Detected More Efficiently? "The rapid detection of facial expressions of anger or threat has obvious adaptive value. In this study, we examined the efficiency of facial processing by means of a visual search task. Participants searched displays of schematic faces and were required to determine whether the faces displayed were all the same or whether one was different. Four main results were found: (1) When displays contained the same faces, people were slower in detecting the absence of a discrepant face when the faces displayed angry (or sad/angry) rather than happy expressions. (2) When displays contained a discrepant face people were faster in detecting this when the discrepant face displayed an angry rather than a happy expression. (3) Neither of these patterns for same and different displays was apparent when face displays were inverted, or when just the mouth was presented in isolation. (4) The search slopes for angry targets were significantly lower than for happy targets. These results suggest that detection of angry facial expressions is fast and efficient, although does not "pop-out" in the traditional sense." ||| Related content: Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Experimentally induced anger! Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Your lack of apology didn’t break my heart, but it did give me heart disease. Discoblog: NCBI ROFL: Botox makes you happy…because you have no other choice. WTF is NCBI ROFL? Read our FAQ!

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