Losing control in front of a fearful face: The effect of emotional information on cognitive control

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1187-1199

  Zhou, Jifan ^a   Gao, Tao ^a   Zhang, Yunfan ^a   Liang, Junying ^a   Shui, Rende ^a   Shen, Mowei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Emotion; Fear; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958102535     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.543282     Document Type: Article

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