Reactions to heard words: Varying emotional content and frequency of exposure

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-82

  Bruce, A Jerry ^a   Harman, Marsha J ^a   Turner, Michael J ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Information processing; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33947515114     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.134.1.67-82     Document Type: Article

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