Effects of Emotionally Contagious Films on Changes in Hemisphere-Specific Cognitive Performance

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 510-519

  Papousek, Ilona ^a   Schulter, Günter ^a   Lang, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

affect; cognition; fluency; hemispheric asymmetry; mood induction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049107441     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016299     Document Type: Article

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