Emotion-Induced Trade-Offs in Spatiotemporal Vision

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-282

  Bocanegra, Bruno R ^a   Zeelenberg, René ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fearful faces; Spatial resolution; Temporal resolution; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955730260     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023188     Document Type: Article

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