Preferential processing of threatening facial expressions using the repetition blindness paradigm

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1238-1255

  Mowszowski, Loren ^a   McDonald, Skye ^a   Wang, Danielle ^a   Bornhofen, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Emotion processing; Facial expressions; Preferential processing; Repetition blindness; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITION BLINDNESS PARADIGM; REPETITION PRIMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPETITION PRIMING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866294528     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.648173     Document Type: Article

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