Finding an emotional face in a crowd: Emotional and perceptual stimulus factors influence visual search efficiency

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 621-633

  Lundqvist, Daniel ^a   Bruce, Neil ^b   Öhman, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Perceptual salience; Valence; Visual attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SALIENCE NETWORK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928584493     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.927352     Document Type: Article

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