Reducing attentional capture of emotion by broadening attention: Increased global attention reduces early electrophysiological responses to negative stimuli

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-153

  Gable, Philip A ^a   Harmon Jones, Eddie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global attention; Local attention; Motivation intensity; N1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84859479741     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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