Emotion based attentional priority for storage in visual short-term memory.

A plethora of research demonstrates that the processing of emotional faces is prioritised over non-emotive stimuli when cognitive resources are limited (this is known as 'emotional superiority'). However, there is debate as to whether competition for processing resources results in emotion...

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Main Authors: Luca Simione, Lucia Calabrese, Francesco S Marucci, Marta Olivetti Belardinelli, Antonino Raffone, Frances A Maratos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4006785?pdf=render