The Influence Of Different Clue Paradigms On The Recognition Of Anger And Fear Facial Expressions

Objective This article aims to investigate the effects of different cuing paradigms onangry and fear facial expression recognitions. Methods In this study，1baseline experimentand3cuing paradigm experiments including on cuing paradigm, off cuing paradigmexperiment and on-off cuing paradigm experiment were designed. The cuing paradigmexperimental designs were2*2*2mixed factorial, in which subject gender (male, female)varied between subjects, and cuing validation(cuing validity, cuing invalidity) as well asemotional valence of pictures (angry, fear) varied within subjects in order to investigate thereaction time,correct rate and magnitude of inhibition of return(IOR).Results In the threeexperiments,there are significant differences in the reaction times of subject gender, cuingvalidation and emotional valence, and there is not any difference among them; there is not anydifference in the correct rate of them; the difference of the three cuing paradigms in magnitudeof IOR is not significant, however, the average magnitude of IOR in on-off cuing paradigmexperiment is more than the sum of another two cuing paradigm experiments. ConclusionIndividuals embody the stability in angry and fear facial expression recognitions in the threedifferent cuing paradigms; on-off cuing paradigm can generate more stronger effect of IOR,and it also give more important meaning of evolutionary adaptation for individuals, and givethe evidences from the aspect of behavior reflect to study the neural mechanisms whenindividual identify negative emotion.