When Do Motor Behaviors (Mis)Match Affective Stimuli? An Evaluative Coding View of Approach and Avoidance Reactions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-281

  Eder, Andreas B ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

affective S R compatibility; approach and avoidance; evaluative response coding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 44149128191     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.137.2.262     Document Type: Article

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