Positive and negative emotions uniquely capture attention

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Strauss, Gregory P ^a,b   Allen, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Emotional Stroop; Positive emotion; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HATE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RAGE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; THREAT; AFFECT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650477354     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280802636413     Document Type: Article

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