Facilitated detection of angry faces: Initial orienting and processing efficiency

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Evolutionary derived modulations of attention to two common fear stimuli: Serpents and hostile humans (2012, methodology): “The anger superiority effect—ie, faster detection of angry than happy faces in visual search—is unanimously supported by data from studies using schematic faces (see Figure 1 ) in a visual search setting (eg, Calvo, Avero, & Lundqvist, 2006 ; Fox et al, 2000 ; Juth et al, 2005 , Exp.”
The effects of emotion on attention: A review of attentional processing of emotional information (2010, background): “Calvo, Avero, and Lundqvist ( 2006 ) found similar advantages for angry faces, but using visual arrays presented parafoveally and at short display durations (150 ms).”
What we fear most: A developmental advantage for threat-relevant stimuli (2013, background): “For example, although many researchers have found an advantage for angry faces in detection studies, most of this work has been done with schematic face stimuli (Calvo et al., 2006; Esteves, 1999; Horstmann, Scharlau, et al., 2006).”
Visual search of emotional faces: The role of affective content and featural distinctiveness (2009, result): “The angry face disadvantage is, however, inconsistent with findings typically obtained with schematic faces (e.g., Calvo et al., 2006; Lundqvist & Öhman, 2005; Schubö et al., 2006) and with some studies using real faces (Fox & Damjanovic, 2006; Hansen & Hansen, 1988; Horstmann & Bauland, 2006),…”