High negative valence does not protect emotional event-related potentials from spatial inattention and perceptual load

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-160

  Wiens, Stefan ^a   Molapour, Tanaz ^a   Overfeld, Judith ^a   Sand, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Early posterior negativity; Event related potentials; Late positive potential; Perceptual load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857163186     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0072-8     Document Type: Article

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