Word frequency, personal values, and visual duration thresholds.

Visual duration threshold as a function of word-probability.

Davis Howes, Richard L. Solomon · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1951 · 474 citations

Medicine, Psychology, Vision Science +7

Emotionality and perceptual defense.

Elliott McGinnies · Psychological Review · 1949 · 431 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +11

Personal values as selective factors in perception.

Leo Postman, Jerome S. Bruner, Elliott McGinnies · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1948 · 405 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +11

Perception under stress.

Leo Postman, Jerome S. Bruner · Psychological Review · 1948 · 141 citations

THE EFFECT OF NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT ON RECOGNITION OF NEED-RELATED WORDS1

David C. McClelland, Alvin M. Liberman · Journal of Personality · 1949 · 99 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +10