The University of Queensland, School of Psychology, Australia.
Emotion. 2012 Dec;12(6):1303-14. doi: 10.1037/a0028622. Epub 2012 May 28.
The question as to whether poser race affects the happy categorization advantage, the faster categorization of happy than of negative emotional expressions, has been answered inconsistently. Hugenberg (2005) found the happy categorization advantage only for own race faces whereas faster categorization of angry expressions was evident for other race faces. Kubota and Ito (2007) found a happy categorization advantage for both own race and other race faces. These results have vastly different implications for understanding the influence of race cues on the processing of emotional expressions. The current study replicates the results of both prior studies and indicates that face type (computer-generated vs. photographic), presentation duration, and especially stimulus set size influence the happy categorization advantage as well as the moderating effect of poser race.
关于种族是否会影响积极情绪分类优势，即人们对积极表情的分类速度快于消极表情，这个问题的答案一直不一致。Hugenberg（2005）发现只有在自身种族面孔的情况下才存在积极情绪分类优势，而在其他种族面孔的情况下，愤怒表情的分类速度更快。Kubota 和 Ito（2007）则发现了自身种族和其他种族面孔的积极情绪分类优势。这些结果对理解种族线索对面部表情加工的影响具有截然不同的意义。本研究复制了之前两项研究的结果，表明面孔类型（计算机生成的与照片的）、呈现时长以及尤其是刺激集大小都会影响积极情绪分类优势，以及种族提示的调节作用。
