Do not prime too much: Prime frequency effects of masked affective stimuli on effort-related cardiovascular response

Biological Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-199

  Silvestrini, Nicolas ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Effort; Habituation; Implicit affect; Priming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955904602     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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