Emotional words impact the mind but not the body: Evidence from pupillary responses

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1554-1562

  Bayer, Mareike ^a   Sommer, Werner ^a   Schacht, Annekathrin ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; Emotion; Language; Pupillary responses; Valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053573924     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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