Anxiety modulates the effects of emotion and attention on early vision

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 166-176

  Ferneyhough, Emma ^a,b   Kim, Min K ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a   Carrasco, Marisa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Contrast sensitivity; Emotion; Fear expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THREAT; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84874321226     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.689953     Document Type: Article

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