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"Hot" Facilitation of "Cool" Processing: Emotional Distraction Can Enhance Priming of Visual Search.

Emotional stimuli often capture attention and disrupt effortful cognitive processing. However, cognitive processes vary in the degree to which they require effort. We investigated the impact of emotional pictures on visual search and on automatic priming of search. Observers performed visual search...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception & Performance Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 298 - 307
Main Authors: Kristjánsson, Árni, Óladóttir, Berglind, Most, Steven B.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Feb2013
Subjects:
Emotions
Struggle
Memory
Priming (Psychology)
Task analysis
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost