Role of working memory load on selective attention to affectively valent information

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 898-909

  Pecchinenda, Anna ^a   Heil, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FLANKER TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34848906812     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440601095388     Document Type: Article

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