The “emotion misattribution” procedure: Processing beyond good and bad under masked and unmasked presentation conditions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 196-219

  Rohr, Michaela ^a   Degner, Juliane ^b   Wentura, Dirk ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Masked presentation; Misattribution; Priming; Subliminal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTION MISATTRIBUTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SADNESS; SEMANTICS; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910120437     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.898613     Document Type: Article

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