Attentional Capture for Emotional Words and Images: The Importance of Valence and Arousal.

Categorical negativity theory suggests that valence guides attention; whereas the arousal hypothesis suggests that arousal modulates attention. The current study examined the manner in which both valence and arousal influence the attentional capture of emotional words and images using a dot-probe ta...

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Publicado en:Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 47 - 55
Autores principales: Sutton, Tina M., Lutz, Ciara
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Publicado: Canadian Psychological Association Mar2019
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