Attentional negativity bias moderated by positive mood arousal

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2010-2015

  Chen, Chun Ping ^a,b   Luo, Yue Jia ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ERPs; LPP; Negativity bias; P2; Positive mood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954448589     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3220-6     Document Type: Article

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