Motivational priming and processing interrupt: Startle reflex modulation during shallow and deep processing of emotional words

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Herbert, Cornelia ^a,b   Kissler, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Language; Memory; Processing depth; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECALL; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBALIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BLINKING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 77951632834     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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