Nonconscious Emotional Activation Colors First Impressions: A Regulatory Role for Conscious Awareness

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-357

  Lapate, Regina C ^a,b   Rokers, Bas ^a,c   Li, Tianyi ^d   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

consciousness; emotions; individual differences; subliminal perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893597391     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613503175     Document Type: Article

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