The influence of indirect and direct emotional processing on memory for facial expressions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1143-1152

  Patel, Ronak ^a   Girard, Todd A ^a   Green, Robin E A ^b,c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional faces; Encoding; Fear; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865251382     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.642848     Document Type: Article

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