Challenging the negativity bias in affective scene viewing: The role of social content.

Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci · 2025 · PMC12706866 · PMID 41092056

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Emotional valence showed only a marginal trend (estimate pos. ± SE = –0.355 ± 0.472, estimate neg. ± SE = 0.620 ± 0.44, χ 2 = 5.135, df = 2, P = .077).

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In addition, LPC amplitudes showed a trend toward a social content effect (estimate ± SE = –0.776 ± 0.424, χ 2 = 3.112, df = 1, P = .078).

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