Does Emotion Directly Tune the Scope of Attention?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-270

  Huntsinger, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; emotion; global local processing; mood; perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881166585     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721413480364     Document Type: Article

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