The effect of fearful faces on the attentional blink is task dependent

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-109

  Stein, Timo ^a,b   Zwickel, Jan ^a   Ritter, Johanna ^a   Kitzmantel, Maria ^a   Schneider, Werner X ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649100330     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.1.104     Document Type: Article

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