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Self-esteem modulates the ERP processing of emotional intensity in happy and angry faces

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  • Jianfeng Wang
  • Yan Wu

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Previous studies have shown that self-esteem modulates attentional responses to emotional stimuli. However, it is well known that emotional stimuli can vary in intensity. The main objective of the present study was to further investigate self-esteem related emotional intensity processing in happy and anger faces. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded while 27 high-esteem versus 27 low self-esteem participants carried out a visual oddball task, with neutral faces as the standard stimuli and deviant stimuli varying on valence (happy and anger) and intensity (40%, 70%, and 100% emotive) dimensions. The results showed only high self-esteem people, instead of those with low self-esteem, displayed significant emotion intensity effects for 100% than for 70% happy faces in P3 component. On the other hand, only people with low self-esteem exhibited pronounced intensity effects for anger faces in P3 amplitudes. Moreover, only people with low self-esteem displayed significant intensity effects for 100% compared to both 70% and 40% anger stimuli in N2 amplitudes at central sites. These findings indicate that high self-esteem individuals were typically more susceptible to highly as well as mildly positive stimuli yet less reactive to negative stimuli compared with people with low self-esteem.

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  • Jianfeng Wang & Yan Wu, 2019. "Self-esteem modulates the ERP processing of emotional intensity in happy and angry faces," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-15, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0217844
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217844
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