Gaze-fixation to happy faces predicts mood repair after a negative mood induction

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Sanchez, Alvaro ^a   Vazquez, Carmelo ^b   Gomez, Diego ^c   Joormann, Jutta ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Emotional processing; Mood regulation; Mood repair; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ANGER; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895077207     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034500     Document Type: Article

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