What you feel influences what you see: The role of affective feelings in resolving binocular rivalry

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 856-860

  Anderson, Eric ^a   Siegel, Erika H ^a   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Binocular rivalry; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955163219     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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