Предыдущие исследования в области изучения переработки эмоциональной информации сравнивали смещение внимания между положительными и тревожными стимулами. В настоящей работе делается попытка изучить смещение внимания в сторону табуированных слов с помощью методики «проба с точкой». Мы не обнаружили статистически значимых различий между нейтральными и табуированными словами. Была найдена лишь значимая положительная корреляция между правильностью называния слов и показателем смещения внимания при предъявлении слов на 100 мс.
The present study compares attentional bias for positive and threatening stimuli. However, only a small number of studies used taboo words for Russian-speaking people, although such material clearly refects emotional processing of information. Taboo words were included in the dot-probe task. In our study, we tested the idea that taboo words, compared with neutral distracters, will impair emotional attention. Participants (n = 43) performed the dotprobe task (MacLeod, Mathews, Tata, 1986), then they were asked about words, which they remember. There were no statistically signifcant differences between the neutral and taboo words. We found a correlation between the number of correctly named words and attentional bias for presenting words on 100 ms (r = 0,431, p < 0,05). Subsequent research will focus on procedure of the dot-probe task. This research showed the need to control the emotionality of words for participants. Larger effects of attentional bias for taboo words can be obtained with the use of a large number of probes.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.