Attentional capture by evaluative stimuli: Gain- and loss-connoting colors boost the additional-singleton effect

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 701-707

  Wentura, Dirk ^a   Müller, Philipp ^a   Rothermund, Klaus ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additional singleton; Attentional capture; Emotion; Relevance; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901498327     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0531-z     Document Type: Article

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