Stop what you are not doing! emotional pictures interfere with the task not to respond

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-703

  de Houwer, Jan ^a   Tibboel, Helen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78149447095     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.5.699     Document Type: Article

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