Duration perception of emotional stimuli: Using evaluative conditioning to avoid sensory confounds

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1350-1367

  Kliegl, Katrin M ^a   Watrin, Luc ^a   Huckauf, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration estimation; Emotional stimuli; Evaluative conditioning; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954363141     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.978841     Document Type: Article

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