Affective priming using a color-naming task: A test of an affective-motivational account of affective priming effects

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-1, 1998, Pages 136-148

  Hermans, Dirk ^a,b   Van Den Broeck, Annelies ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Affective motivational action tendencies; Colour naming task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031608968     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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