The effects of arousing negative and neutral picture stimuli on target detection in a vigilance task

Human Factors

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-141

  Helton, William S ^a   Russell, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

attention; emotion; picture processing; sustained attention; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EMOTION; PICTURE PROCESSING; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; VIGILANCE;

RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TARGET TRACKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER TERMINAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956342118     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811401385     Document Type: Article

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