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Fearful Face Detection Sensitivity in Healthy Adults Correlates with Anxiety-Related Traits

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Author	Doty, Tracy J. Japee, Shruti Martin, Ingvar Ungerleider, Leslie G.
Abstract	Threatening faces have a privileged status in the brain, which can be reflected in a processing advantage. However, this effect varies among individuals, even healthy adults. For example, one recent study showed that fearful face detection sensitivity correlated with trait anxiety in healthy adults (Japee, Crocker, Carver, Pessoa, & Ungerleider, 2009). Here, we expanded upon those findings by investigating whether intersubject variability in fearful face detection is also associated with state anxiety, as well as more broadly with other traits related to anxiety. To measure fearful face detection sensitivity, we employed a masked face paradigm where the target face was presented for only 33 ms and was immediately followed by a neutral face mask. Subjects then rated their confidence in detecting either fear or no fear in the target face. Fearful face detection sensitivity was calculated for each subject using signal detection theory. Replicating previous results, we found a significant positive correlation between trait anxiety and fearful face detection sensitivity. However, this behavioral advantage did not correlate with state anxiety. We also found that fearful face detection sensitivity correlated with other personality measures, including neuroticism and harm avoidance. Our data suggest that fearful face detection sensitivity varies parametrically across the healthy population, is associated broadly with personality traits related to anxiety, but remains largely unaffected by situational fluctuations in anxiety. These results underscore the important contribution of anxiety-related personality traits to threat processing in healthy adults.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0031373
Ending Page	188
Page Count	6
Starting Page	183
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19311516
e-ISSN	19311516
Journal	Emotion (Washington, D.C.)
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	13
Language	English
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Psychology(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Psychology

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