Effects of emotional experience for abstract words in the stroop task

Cognitive Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1698-1717

  Siakaluk, Paul D ^a   Knol, Nathan ^a   Pexman, Penny M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstract words; Emotional knowledge; Grounded cognition; Semantic processing; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROOP TEST; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926115490     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: 15516709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12137     Document Type: Article

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