The role of attention in the associative binding of emotionally arousing words

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1128-1134

  Maddox, Geoffrey B ^a   Naveh Benjamin, Moshe ^b   Old, Susan ^c   Kilb, Angela ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative memory; Divided attention; Emotion; Episodic memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870222358     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0315-x     Document Type: Article

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