Do all threats work the same way? Divergent effects of fear and disgust on sensory perception and attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3429-3434

  Krusemark, Elizabeth A ^a   Li, Wen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952268789     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4394-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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