Emotional valence and arousal interact in attentional control: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-295

  Jefferies, Lisa N ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^b   Eich, Eric ^a   Enns, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEARING; HUMAN; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 40249107856     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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