@article{6076,
  abstract     = {{In the present study, we examined whether the detection advantage for negative-face targets in crowds of positive-face distractors over positive-face targets in crowds of negative faces can be explained by differentially efficient distractor rejection. Search Condition A demonstrated more efficient distractor rejection with negative-face targets in positive-face crowds than vice versa. Search Condition B showed that target identity alone is not sufficient to account for this effect, because there was no difference in processing efficiency for positive- and negative-face targets within neutral crowds. Search Condition C showed differentially efficient processing with neutral-face targets among positive- or negative-face distractors. These results were obtained with both a within-participants (Experiment 1) and a between-participants (Experiment 2) design. The pattern of results is consistent with the assumption that efficient rejection of positive (more homogenous) distractors is an im}},
  author       = {{Horstmann, Gernot and Scharlau, Ingrid and Ansorge, Ulrich}},
  issn         = {{1069-9384}},
  journal      = {{Psychonomic Bulletin & Review}},
  keywords     = {{angry face distractors, visual search, negative face distractors, Adult, Anger, Attention, Face, Female, Happiness, Humans, Male, Rejection (Psychology), Visual Perception, Distraction, Face Perception, Visual Perception, Visual Search}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1067 -- 1073}},
  title        = {{{More efficient rejection of happy than of angry face distractors in visual search.}}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2006}},
}