Features of Perception of Subliminal Visual Verbal Stimuli with Different Levels of Emotional Significance

L. Shestopalova State institution «Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the NAMS of Ukraine»
І. Lynskyy State institution «Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the NAMS of Ukraine»
О. Borodavko State institution «Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the NAMS of Ukraine»
М. Denisenko State institution «Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of the NAMS of Ukraine»

Abstract

In the article the features of perception of subliminal visual verbal stimuli with different levels of emotional significance and the nature of their emotional coloring. It is shown that the thresholds identify emotionally significant words significantly lower than neutral. An association between subliminal visual presentation of verbal incentives and their recognition among other visually presented words. Perception of emotionally significant stimuli presented at subliminal form, accompanied by a significant lowering of the threshold of identification.

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