Sensorimotor and linguistic information attenuate emotional word processing benefits: An eye-movement study

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1107-1121

  Sheikh, Naveed A ^a   Titone, Debra A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Emotion; Frequency; Sensorimotor; Word representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890100073     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032417     Document Type: Article

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