Relationships between perceptual defence reactions and subjective tendencies in the phenomenal representation of facial displays of affect.
The present study examines if non-veridical reports of a stimulus-motif presented below the threshold for correct recognition are related to subjective tendencies in the ordinary perception of thermatically related stimuli. Sixty-four subjects were tested with the standard picture of Kragh's Defence Mechanism Test (DMT) which reflects a theme of aggression and threat. Stimulus-inadequate report of the picture-motif were related to the subject's phenomenal representation of video-recorded facial displays of anger, fear, sadness, and joy. The results demonstrate a correspondence between the individual's perceptual distortions, eliminations, or additions to the threatening subliminal stimulus and his or her phenomenal representation of the supraliminal affective stimuli.
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Department of Psychology, Lund University, Sweden.
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D013360:Subliminal Stimulation