The existence of preference while processing emotional stimuli and whether this process occurs automatically and outside our consciousness has been researched a great number of times. The aim of this experiment was to examine the influence of the emotion of the presented face, the side of presentations of the target stimulus, and the congruence of displaying an emotional face and the target stimulus on the visual orientation of attention. 61 participants partook in the experiment (53% women and 47% men). The experimental design was three-factored (2 x 2 x 2) with three independent variables on two levels and one dependent variable. Independent variables were an emotional face (angry/happy and neutral for control), congruence (congruent - when the target stimulus is shown on the same side after the emotional face; incongruent - when the target stimulus is displayed opposite of the emotional face) and the side of presentation of the target stimulus (left / right), while the dependent variable was reaction time to the target stimulus. The task of the participants was to react as fast as they could to the appearance of the target stimulus (a black point) by pressing the corresponding keys if the stimulus appeared on the right or left side. The results have shown the main effect of congruence, and the marginally significant interaction of the side congurence of the target stimulus. The reaction time was significantly shorter for congruent stimuli when emotional face and target stimuli were present on the same side and longer in incongruent situations. This effect was only obtained when the congruent stimuli were presented to the right side of the visual field. The results point to the important role of emotional stimuli for the orientation of visual attention towards them.