raza shabahang; reza soltany; mansoure nikogoftar; mansour hakimjavady
Volume 7, Issue 27 , October 2017, , Pages 35-48
Abstract
: The induction of emotion in the absence of conscious awareness of the stimulus evoking such emotion has long been a subject of great interest. Emotional processing without conscious awareness plays an important role in human social interactions. Method: The present study was conducted to determine ...
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: The induction of emotion in the absence of conscious awareness of the stimulus evoking such emotion has long been a subject of great interest. Emotional processing without conscious awareness plays an important role in human social interactions. Method: The present study was conducted to determine the effect of subliminal presentation of emotional faces on mood. Students of Guilan University participated in this quasi-experimental study. Students completed demographic questionnaire, and questionnaire of Negative and positive Affect Scale. Then they were randomly assigned to three intervention groups (n=8). In the intervention groups subliminal presentation of emotional faces were carried out. Findings: Results showed that subliminally presented happy faces decreased negative mood and increased positive mood. The opposite effect was observed for subliminally presented sad faces. Conclusion: It can be concluded that subliminal perception of faces may be effective in experimentally induced mood change and therefore these results may be used by practitioners and clinicians to treat mood disorders in students.