Mimicking Facial Expressions Facilitates Working Memory for Stimuli in Emotion-Congruent Colours
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment 1
2.1. Method
2.1.1. Transparency and Openness
2.1.2. Participants
2.1.3. Materials and Stimuli
2.1.4. Design and Procedure
2.1.5. Statistical Analysis
2.2. Results
Post hoc Analysis
2.3. Discussion
3. Experiment 2
3.1. Method
3.1.1. Participants
3.1.2. Design and Procedure
3.2. Results
3.3. Discussion
4. General Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sivananthan, T.; Most, S.B.; Curby, K.M. Mimicking Facial Expressions Facilitates Working Memory for Stimuli in Emotion-Congruent Colours. Vision 2024, 8, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision8010004
Sivananthan T, Most SB, Curby KM. Mimicking Facial Expressions Facilitates Working Memory for Stimuli in Emotion-Congruent Colours. Vision. 2024; 8(1):4. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision8010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleSivananthan, Thaatsha, Steven B. Most, and Kim M. Curby. 2024. "Mimicking Facial Expressions Facilitates Working Memory for Stimuli in Emotion-Congruent Colours" Vision 8, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision8010004