Emotional modulation of the attentional blink by pleasant and unpleasant pictures

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-314

  De Oca, Beatrice M ^a   Villa, Marie ^b   Cervantes, Miguel ^a   Welbourne, Tyler ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

attentional blink; emotion; RSVP; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866681917     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2012.708681     Document Type: Article

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