Affective influences on the attentional dynamics supporting awareness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-281

  Anderson, Adam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLINKING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; VISION;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLINKING; HUMANS; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 18844423509     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.258     Document Type: Article

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