Out of mind, out of heart: Attention affects duration of emotional experience

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 549-557

  Freund, Alexandra M ^a   Keil, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Distraction; Emotion duration; Focus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DRAWING; EMOTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875965966     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.725574     Document Type: Article

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