Effects of emotional spoken words on exogenous attentional orienting

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-452

  Bertels, Julie ^a,b   Kolinsky, Regine ^a,b   Bernaerts, Aurelie ^b   Morais, Jose ^b  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cueing; Emotional valence; Inhibition of return; Validity effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INHIBITION OF RETURN; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; STIMULUS; VALIDITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79959326433     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.535513     Document Type: Article

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