The Effects of Valence and Arousal on the Emotional Modulation of Time Perception: Evidence for Multiple Stages of Processing

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1305-1313

  Smith, Stephen D ^a   McIver, Theresa A ^a   Di Nella, Michelle S J ^a   Crease, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention; Emotion; Temporal bisection; Time perception; Valence

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 83755163590     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026145     Document Type: Article

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