通过虚拟现实技术构建虚拟三维场景，将Posner线索化范式应用到三维空间，通过两个实验操纵了目标深度、线索有效性以及情绪面孔的效价，考察了三维空间深度位置上情绪面孔如何影响视觉空间返回抑制。结果发现，(1)情绪面孔作为目标时，目标出现在近处空间，情绪面孔效价与返回抑制存在交互作用，负性面孔下的返回抑制减小；(2)情绪面孔作为线索时，目标出现在远处空间，情绪面孔效价与返回抑制存在交互作用，负性面孔下的返回抑制增大。研究表明，三维空间中情绪面孔能够影响返回抑制的大小，且这种影响在远近空间下存在差异。

The present study investigated the interaction between inhibition of return (IOR) and emotional faces processing in 3-D space by incorporating the Posner exogenous cueing paradigm into a virtual three-dimensional (3-D) space. Three independent variables of cue validity (valid vs. invalid), target depth (near vs. far) and valence of emotional face (positive vs. negative) were manipulated. In Experiment 1, emotional faces (positive/negative) were used as the target, and the participants were asked to judge the gender of emotional faces quickly and accurately. In Experiment 2, we used emotional faces (positive/negative) as the cue, and asked the participants to detect the location of the blue ball. The results showed that: 1) When emotional faces were used as targets and appeared in near space, there was an interaction between the valence of emotional face and IOR, showing that IOR decreased under negative faces condition. 2) When emotional faces were used as cues and the target appeared in far space, there was an interaction between the valence of emotional face and IOR, showing that IOR increased under negative faces condition. The results indicate that IOR is affected by the emotional face processing when attention is oriented or reoriented in the depth.