A note on McGinnies' "Emotionality and perceptual defense."

Visual duration threshold as a function of word-probability.

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

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Emotionality and perceptual defense.

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

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PERCEPTION, COGNITION, AND BEHAVIOR

Jerome S. Bruner, Leo Postman · Journal of Personality · 1949 · 192 citations

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