Read-out of emotional information from iconic memory: The longevity of threatening stimuli

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 695-700

  Kuhbandner, Christof ^a   Spitzer, Bernhard ^b,c   Pekrun, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

attention; information processing; negative stimuli; sensory memory; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955754973     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611406445     Document Type: Article

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