Mood and global-local visual processing.
Testing hypotheses derived from neuropsychological models of mood, as well as the association of mood states and personality characteristics with global-local visual processing, were examined. Fifty-nine men completed measures associated with depression and positive mood, and were administered a brief perceptual judgment task that assessed global-local visual processing biases. Additionally, 19 of these 59 subjects were administered measures of anxiety and optimism-pessimism and completed an expanded judgment task. Affective and personality variables were then correlated with judgment task performances. Consistent with predictions, positive mood and optimism were directly associated with a global bias and inversely related to a local bias. A converse pattern of findings was obtained with depression and trait anxiety. Implications for research concerning other aspects of visual processing are discussed.
Basso
M R
MR
Neuropsychology Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA.
Schefft
B K
BK
Ris
M D
MD
Dember
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005059:Euphoria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010551:Personality; D012016:Reference Values