Negative facial expression captures attention and disrupts performance

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-358

  Eastwood, John D ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^b   Merikle, Philip M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0037493667     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03194566     Document Type: Article

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