Attentional biases and memory for emotional stimuli in men and male rhesus monkeys

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 861-871

  Lacreuse, Agnès ^a   Schatz, Kelly ^a   Strazzullo, Sarah ^a   King, Hanna M ^a   Ready, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Emotion; Facial expressions; Macaque; Threat

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; RHESUS MONKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885847889     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0618-y     Document Type: Article

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