The locus of the emotional Stroop effect: A study with the PRP paradigm

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 151, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-15

  Janczyk, Markus ^a   Augst, Susanne ^a   Kunde, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional stroop task; Interference; Interruption; PRP; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901854913     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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