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To determine whether the faster visual detection of threatening schematic faces is driven by low-level perceptual features or by v-shaped eyebrows embedded within facial context.

January 1, 2002EmotionOpen Access

The eyebrow frown: A salient social signal.

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JTJason TipplesUniversity of Sunderland AAAnthony P. AtkinsonDurham University AYAndrew W. YoungUniversity of the Pacific

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Behavioral experiments reveal rapid detection of threatening faces in human observers, indicating that eyebrow configuration requires facial context to signal threat.

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To determine whether the faster visual detection of threatening schematic faces is driven by low-level perceptual features or by v-shaped eyebrows embedded within facial context.
Conducted seven behavioral experiments measuring visual detection speed for threatening versus nonthreatening stimuli.
Presented schematic faces displaying v-shaped (threatening) and inverted v-shaped (nonthreatening) eyebrows.
Manipulated stimulus geometry by testing eyebrows in nonfacelike objects and selectively including internal facial features (eyes, nose, mouth).
Threatening faces featuring v-shaped eyebrows were detected faster than nonthreatening faces with inverted v-shaped eyebrows.
No detection advantage occurred when v-shaped eyebrows appeared within nonfacelike objects.
The visual detection advantage required the presence of additional internal facial features, such as the eyes or the nose and mouth.

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Tipples et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fbc9f26a7f98052dc58ec https://doi.org/10.1037/1528-3542.2.3.288

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Behavioral experiments reveal rapid detection of threatening faces in human observers, indicating that eyebrow configuration requires facial context to signal threat.

The eyebrow frown: A salient social signal.

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The eyebrow frown: A salient social signal.

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