Emotional distraction unbalances visual processing

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-189

  Gupta, Rashmi ^a   Raymond, Jane E ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Faces; Laterality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858376428     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0210-x     Document Type: Article

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