Counter-regulation triggered by emotions: Positive/negative affective states elicit opposite valence biases in affective processing

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-855

  Schwager, Susanne ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective processing; Automatic attention allocation; Counter regulation; Emotional Stroop task; Implicit emotion regulation; Valence biases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COUNTER REGULATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULUS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84880044724     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.750599     Document Type: Article

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