The lateralized emotional stroop task: Left visual field interference in women

Emotion

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-409

  Van Strien, Jan W ^a,d   Valstar, Laura H ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Brain Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c The Hague   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 8744288620     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.4.403     Document Type: Article

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