Processing of "unattended" threat-related information: Role of emotional content and context

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1049-1074

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Castillo, M Dolores ^a   Fuentes, Luis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; EYE FIXATION; FACILITATION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA FOVEA; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33751349291     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930500298351     Document Type: Article

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