Emotional and neutral scenes in competition: Orienting, efficiency, and identification

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1585-1593

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Nummenmaa, Lauri ^b,c   Hyönä, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STUDENT; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; EFFICIENCY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SACCADES; STUDENTS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36049018289     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701515868     Document Type: Article

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