Predictable chaos: a review of the effects of emotions on attention, memory and decision making

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 265-282

  LeBlanc, Vicki R ^a,b   McConnell, Meghan M ^c   Monteiro, Sandra D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Clinical Performance; Emotions; Memory; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 84937074034     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9516-6     Document Type: Review

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