Negative arousal amplifies the effects of saliency in short-term memory

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1367-1372

  Sutherland, Matthew R ^a   Mather, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional bias; Emotional arousal; Salience; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867129392     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027860     Document Type: Article

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