Preattentive processing, poststimulus elaboration, and memory for emotionally arousing stimuli

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-280

  Migita, Mai ^a   Otani, Hajime ^a   Libkuman, Terry M ^a   Sheffert, Sonya M ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotionally enhanced memory; Poststimulus elaboration; Preattentive processing

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855765500     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2011.604364     Document Type: Article

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