2010/11/04 by Adam K. Fetterman, Michael D. Robinson, Robert D. Gordon +1 · 1 citation
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Color perception and design #Multisensory perception and integration #Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
paper · doi:10.1177/1948550610390051
openalex publication_date 2010/11/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
A class of metaphors links the experience of anger to perceptions of redness. Whether such metaphors have significant implications for understanding perception is not known. In Experiment 1, anger (versus sadness) concepts were primed and it was found that priming anger concepts led individuals to be more likely to perceive the color red. In Experiment 2, anger states were directly manipulated, and it was found that evoking anger led individuals to be more likely to perceive red. Both experiments showed that the observed effects were independent of the actual color presented. These findings extend the New Look, perceptual, metaphoric, and social cognitive literatures. Most importantly, the results suggest that emotion representation processes of a metaphoric type can be extended to the perceptual realm.