Perception of facial expressions reveals selective affect-biased attention in 
humans and orangutans

Pritsch, Carla; Telkemeyer, Silke; Mühlenbeck, Cordelia; Liebal, Katja

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07563-4

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Perception of facial expressions reveals selective affect-biased attention in humans and orangutans

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Pritsch, C., Telkemeyer, S., Mühlenbeck, C., & Liebal, K. (2017). Perception of facial expressions reveals selective affect-biased attention in humans and orangutans. Scientific Reports, 7: 7782. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07563-4.

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Rapid detection and recognition of another individual’s emotional state plays a pivotal role for humans and, most likely, other social species. Proper reactions contribute to an individual’s survival in potentially dangerous situations; this is ensured by a preferential attention towards salient cues. The predisposition to attend to certain categories of affectively salient stimuli– also referred to as affect-biased attention