Feature-based inhibition underlies the affective consequences of attention

Visual Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-530

  Goolsby, Brian A ^a   Shapiro, Kimron L ^a   Silvert, Laetitia ^b   Kiss, Monika ^c   Fragopanagos, Nickolaos ^d   Taylor, John G ^d   Eimer, Martin ^c   Nobre, Anna C ^b   Raymond, Jane E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDENTITY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67650095855     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280801904095     Document Type: Article

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