Automatic semantic association between emotional valence and brightness in the right hemisphere

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1273-1280

  Okubo, Matia ^a   Ishikawa, Kenta ^a  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brightness perception; Emotional valence; Hemispheric asymmetries; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL VALENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD;

COLOR; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855668177     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.541658     Document Type: Article

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