Facilitated detection of angry faces: Initial orienting and processing efficiency

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-811

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Avero, Pedro ^a   Lundqvist, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33748372118     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500465224     Document Type: Article

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