Neural mechanisms mediating contingent capture of attention by affective stimuli

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1113-1126

  Reeck, Crystal ^a   Labar, Kevin S ^a   Egner, Tobias ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859142119     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00211     Document Type: Article

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