Valence processing bypassing the response selection bottleneck? Evidence from the psychological refractory period paradigm

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-211

  Fischer, Rico ^a   Schubert, Torsten ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eriksen flanker paradigm; Psychological refractory period; Semantic category activation; Valence judgment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 43949122960     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.55.3.203     Document Type: Article

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