Essays about: "emotionally relevant stimuli"

Found 3 essays containing the words emotionally relevant stimuli.

1. 1. Arousal-induced memory augmentation

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Patrik Boström; [2018]
   Keywords : arousal; memory; biased competition; consolidation; norepinephrine;

   Abstract : Emotional events are often better preserved in memory than events without an emotional component. Emotional stimuli benefit from capturing and holding the attention of a perceiver to a higher degree than more emotion-neutral stimuli. READ MORE

3. 2. Emotional attention : A cognitive neuroscience perspective

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Veronica Carlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : emotional attention; orienting attention; visual attention; emotions;

   Abstract : Attention is a cognitive mechanism that guides our perception in order to prioritize the limited resources to the most relevant information while ignoring distracting information. Attention can be voluntarily deployed to stimuli during tasks or goals, or the features of the stimulus can capture our attention either by being salient or being emotionally induced. READ MORE

4. 3. Relevance of the Irrelevant : Using Task-Irrelevant Emotional Stimuli to Test the Load-Hypothesis through ERP’s

   University essay from Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Per Andersson; [2010]
   Keywords : EEG; ERP; LPP; Load theory; task-irrelevant stimuli; emotionally relevant stimuli; Late positive potential; selective attention;

   Abstract : The role of attention and perceptual resources were studied in a one-back task and a letter-search task, both using the same stimuli. In the letter task, pictures were used as task-irrelevant and distracting emotional stimuli. READ MORE