Beyond fear: Rapid spatial orienting toward positive emotional stimuli: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-370

  Brosch, Tobias ^a   Sander, David ^a   Pourtois, Gilles ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41849133985     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02094.x     Document Type: Article

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