Task-Irrelevant Angry Faces Capture Attention in Visual Search While Modulated by Resources

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 544-552

  Huang, Shwu Lih ^a   Chang, Yu Chieh ^a   Chen, Yu Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angry face; Attentional capture; Attentional resources; Automaticity; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959303398     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022763     Document Type: Article

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