Explicit vs. implicit emotional processing: The interaction between processing type and executive control

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-339

  Cohen, Noga ^a   Moyal, Natali ^a   Lichtenstein Vidne, Limor ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emotion; Executive control; Explicit; Flanker; Implicit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLICIT EMOTIONAL PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT EMOTIONAL PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84951566776     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.1000830     Document Type: Article

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