Emotion words affect eye fixations during reading

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 783-792

  Scott, Graham G ^a   O'Donnell, Patrick J ^b   Sereno, Sara C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion words; Eye movements; Lexical access; Reading; Word frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865693697     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027209     Document Type: Article

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