The representation of emotion vs. emotion-laden words in english and spanish in the affective simon task

International Journal of Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-328

  Altarriba, Jeanette ^a   Basnight Brown, Dana M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective Simon Task; bilingualism; emotion word processing; emotion laden words; Simon Effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051603714     PISSN: 13670069     EISSN: 17566878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367006910379261     Document Type: Article

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