Psychophysics of emotion: The QUEST for emotional attention

Journal of Vision

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Roesch, Etienne B ^a   Sander, David ^a   Mumenthaler, Christian ^a   Kerzel, Dirk ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Facial expressions; Psychophysics; QUEST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BAYES THEOREM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BAYES THEOREM; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954673261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/10.3.4     Document Type: Article

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