| Abstract |
| This study examined whether category congruency between a preceding emotion label and a subsequent facial expression facilitates facial expression processing and whether this effect is reflected in event-related potentials (ERPs). A non-emotion label condition (“shape”) was included to distinguish facilitation by congruent labels from interference by incongruent labels. Participants viewed the words “anger,” “happiness,” or “shape” and classified the subsequent facial expression using preassigned number keys; thus, emotion labels did not serve as direct response categories. Results showed that responses were faster in the congruent condition than in the incongruent and control conditions, whereas responses did not differ between the incongruent and control conditions. ERP analyses did not reveal an overall congruency effect; however, exploratory follow-up comparisons indicated a smaller P1 amplitude in the left posterior temporal region of interest in the congruent condition. This pattern was observed for happy faces in the emotion-specific comparisons. The behavioral findings support selective facilitation by congruent labels rather than interference by incongruent labels. The exploratory P1 finding further suggests that emotion labels may prepare the processing of subsequent facial expressions by providing a conceptual context, which could affect early visual encoding. |
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| Key Words |
| Emotion Labels, Facial Emotion Judgment, Congruency Effect, Event-Related Potentials, P1, 정서 명칭, 얼굴표정, 일치성 효과, 사건관련전위 |
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