Positive Evaluation, Threat, or Intersectionality? Re-evaluating Social-Category Modulation of Facial Emotion Categorization
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Martin et al. reported social-category moderation of the happy-face advantage, interpreted mainly in terms of positive evaluation and intergroup congruity. However, their Target Race × Emotion interaction appears driven more by faster Black-angry than White-angry responses than by White-happy facilitation. The present reanalysis tests positive-evaluation, threat-related, and intersectional interpretations while addressing RT skew and participant heterogeneity.
Author: Tipples, Jason
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7203628777
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