Serial dependence for same-category and cross-category stimuli in social attention

Key Points

• Investigate the presence of serial dependence in social attention for both same-category and cross-category stimuli.
• Conducted two experiments with four sub-experiments using an 'induction stimulus' paradigm.
• Examined effects of emotional context on serial dependence in attention to same-category social cues.
• Tested for serial dependence effects across different categories of social cues.
• Found significant serial dependence effects between same-category social cues (Experiment 1a).
• Discovered emotional context modulates serial dependence effects (Experiment 1b).
• Identified serial dependence effects between cross-category social cues (Experiment 2a), but not between social and non-social cues (Experiment 2b).