Novel stimuli are negative stimuli: Evidence that negative affect is reduced in the mere exposure effect

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 365-372

  Robinson, Brent M ^a   Elias, Lorin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOREDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; BOREDOM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19944395212     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.100.2.365-372     Document Type: Article

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