Motivationally Significant Stimuli Show Visual Prior Entry: Evidence for Attentional Capture

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1032-1042

  West, Greg L ^a   Anderson, Adam A K ^a   Pratt, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attentional capture; biased competition; emotion; temporal order adjustments

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION;

ANGER; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049084524     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014493     Document Type: Article

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