Brightness differences influence the evaluation of affective pictures

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1225-1246

  Lakens, Daniël ^a   Fockenberg, Daniel A ^b   Lemmens, Karin P H ^a   Ham, Jaap ^a   Midden, Cees J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Brightness bias; Colour psychology; Emotions; IAPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANIMAL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SNAKE; SPIDER;

ADULT; AFFECT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885057566     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.781501     Document Type: Article

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