Extant research suggests that targets' emotion expressions automatically evoke similar affect in perceivers. The authors hypothesized that the automatic impact of emotion expressions depends on group membership. In Experiments 1 and 2, an affective priming paradigm was used to measure immediate and preconscious affective responses to same-race or other-race emotion expressions. In Experiment 3,...

SAANIJOKI, T., L. NUMMENMAA, M. KOIVUMÄKI, E. LÖYTTYNIEMI, K. K. KALLIOKOSKI, and J. C. HANNUKAINEN. Affective Adaptation to Repeated Sprint Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training Protocols in Insulin-Resistant Subjects. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 00–00, 2018. Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate affective responses to repeated sessions ...

Past studies have shown the patterning of affective responses during a graded exercise test (GXT) in adult and male adolescent populations, but none have explored the patterns in adolescent girls or younger children. This study explored the patterning of affective responses during a GXT in adolescents and younger children. Forty-nine children (21 male and 28 female) aged between 8-14 years (10....

Several trauma-specific and emotion theories suggest that alterations in children's typical affective responses may serve an attachment function in the context of abuse by a caregiver or close other. For example, inhibiting negative emotional responses or expressions might help the child preserve a relationship with an abusive caregiver. Past research in this area has relied on self-report meth...