Enhanced Visual Short-Term Memory for Angry Faces

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-374

  Jackson, Margaret C ^a   Wu, Chia Yun ^a   Linden, David E J ^a   Raymond, Jane E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angry; emotion; face identification; visual short term memory; VSTM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349173495     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013895     Document Type: Article

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