Attentional states influence early neural responses associated with motivational processes: Local vs. global attentional scope and N1 amplitude to appetitive stimuli

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-305

  Gable, Philip A ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Global attention; Local attention; N1

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

APPETITE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955879188     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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