Differential Interference Effects of Negative Emotional States on Subsequent Semantic and Perceptual Processing

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1263-1278

  Sakaki, Michiko ^a   Gorlick, Marissa A ^b   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion and cognition; Interference; Negative mood; Semantic processing; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

AROUSAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755205301     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026329     Document Type: Article

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