Hot" facilitation of "cool" processing: Emotional distraction can enhance priming of visual search

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 298-306

  Kristjánsson, Árni ^a   Óladóttir, Berglind ^a   Most, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional rubbernecking; Dual task; Emotional blink; Priming of pop out

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870955385     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028683     Document Type: Article

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