Rapid communication: Global-local processing affects recognition of distractor emotional faces

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Srinivasan, Narayanan ^a   Gupta, Rashmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Distributed attention; Emotions; Facial expressions; Global local processing; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951970016     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.552981     Document Type: Article

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