Emotional valence of spoken words influences the spatial orienting of attention

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-278

  Bertels, Julie ^a,b   Kolinsky, Régine ^a,b   Morais, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique FNRS (FRS FNRS)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auditory attention; Cognitive bias; Emotional content; Spoken words

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH;

EID: 77953688327     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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