The influence of motivational and mood states on visual attention: A quantification of systematic differences and casual changes in subjects' focus of attention

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 471-483

  Hüttermann, Stefanie ^a   Memmert, Daniel ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attentional focus; Breadth of attention; Regulatory focus; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; AFFECT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HEARING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922250517     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.920767     Document Type: Article

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