The experience of positive emotion is associated with the automatic processing of positive emotional words

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 150-159

  Strauss, Gregory P ^a   Allen, Daniel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Emotional stroop; Flourishing; Happiness; Positive emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009579397     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760600566016     Document Type: Article

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