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@article{citeulike:605195, abstract = {Identification of a 1st target stimulus in a rapid serial visual presentation sequence leads to transient impairment in report for a 2nd target; this is known as the attentional blink (AB). This AB impairment was substantially alleviated for emotionally significant target words. AB sparing was not attributable to a variety of nonaffective stimulus factors that could result in augmented distinctiveness. Arousal value, not the valence of stimulus events, was found to be responsible for AB sparing. These results suggest that arousal is associated with decreased attentional prerequisites for awareness, enabling emotional significance to shape perceptual experience.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. anderson@psych.utoronto.ca}, author = {Anderson, A. K.}, citeulike-article-id = {605195}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.258}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869349}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15869349}, doi = {10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.258}, issn = {0096-3445}, journal = {J Exp Psychol Gen}, keywords = {062507, attention, attentionalblink, emotion, valence}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {258--281}, posted-at = {2007-06-22 20:42:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Affective influences on the attentional dynamics supporting awareness.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.258}, volume = {134}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:605195 L3 - citeulike-article-id:605195 N2 - Identification of a 1st target stimulus in a rapid serial visual presentation sequence leads to transient impairment in report for a 2nd target; this is known as the attentional blink (AB). This AB impairment was substantially alleviated for emotionally significant target words. AB sparing was not attributable to a variety of nonaffective stimulus factors that could result in augmented distinctiveness. Arousal value, not the valence of stimulus events, was found to be responsible for AB sparing. These results suggest that arousal is associated with decreased attentional prerequisites for awareness, enabling emotional significance to shape perceptual experience. IS - 2 JF - J Exp Psychol Gen SN - 0096-3445 AD - Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. anderson@psych.utoronto.ca EP - 281 TI - Affective influences on the attentional dynamics supporting awareness. VL - 134 SP - 258 KW - 062507 KW - attention KW - attentionalblink KW - emotion KW - valence AU - Anderson, AK PY - 2005/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.134.2.258 ER -