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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emotion. 2011 Jun 27;11(6):1425–1433. doi: 10.1037/a0022993

Figure 3. Initial negativity of surprised faces.

Figure 3

(a) Surprised faces, given their default negativity, were detected faster in the happy compared to angry context, presumably because more the inherently negative surprised expressions stood out as more of an ‘oddball’ in the happy context. (b) There was no difference in accuracy between angry and happy faces, and between surprised faces presented in each context.