Negative affective state mimics effects of perceptual load on spatial perception

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 485-496

  Rossi, Valentina ^a   Pourtois, Gilles ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Rumination; Spatial perception; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEGATIVE AFFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL LOAD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878983575     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030697     Document Type: Article

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