?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+there+a+real+preferential+detection+of+negative+stimuli%3F+A+comment+on+Dijksterhuis+and+Aarts+(2003)&rft.creator=Labiouse%2C+Christophe+L.&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=In+a+recent+article%2C+Dijksterhuis+and+Aarts+(2003)+investigated+the+preferential%0Adetection+of+negative+stimuli.+According+to+them%2C+their+data+clearly+indicate+that+it+requires%0Aless+stimulus+input+or+less+stimulus+exposure+to+detect+a+negative+stimulus+than+to+detect+a+positive+stimulus.+However%2C+we+believe+their+research+suffers+from+a+number+of+limitations+and+methodological+flaws+that+cast+doubt+on+their+conclusions.+Using+signal+detection+analyses%2C+we+demonstrate+that+none+of+their+three+studies+provides+sufficiently+informative+data+with+respect+to+their+hypotheses.+Moreover%2C+we+show+that+their+experimental+designs+seem+to+be+inadequate+to+test+their+hypotheses.&rft.publisher=American+Psychological+Society&rft.date=2004-05&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3631%2F1%2Fpsych_science_comment.pdf&rft.identifier=++Labiouse%2C+Christophe+L.++(2004)+Is+there+a+real+preferential+detection+of+negative+stimuli%3F+A+comment+on+Dijksterhuis+and+Aarts+(2003).++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3631%2F