Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize: Anger and Visual Attention to Threats and Rewards

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1098-1105

  Ford, Brett Q ^a   Tamir, Maya ^a   Brunyé, Tad T ^b,c   Shirer, William R ^b,c   Mahoney, Caroline R ^b,c   Taylor, Holly A ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; motivation; rewards; threat; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; VISION;

ANGER; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEAR; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149453783     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610375450     Document Type: Article

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