The Impact of Task-Irrelevant Emotional Stimuli on Attention in Three Domains

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1322-1330

  O'Toole, Laura J ^a   DeCicco, Jennifer M ^a   Hong, Melanie ^b   Dennis, Tracy A ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotions; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219938     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024369     Document Type: Article

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