Current positive and negative affective states modulate attention: An attentional blink study

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 542-545

  Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS FNRS)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affect; Attention; Blink; Inhibition; PANAS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954215138     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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