Automatic influence of arousal information on evaluative processing: Valence-arousal interactions in an affective Simon task

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1053-1061

  Eder, Andreas B ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective Simon effect; Arousal valence interaction; Automatic evaluation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AMBIGUITY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77956159347     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903056836     Document Type: Article

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