Emotion, attention, and the ‘negativity bias’, studied through event-related potentials

An argument for basic emotions

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Patterns of cognitive appraisal in emotion.

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Looking at pictures: Affective, facial, visceral, and behavioral reactions

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Attention and weight in person perception: The impact of negative and extreme behavior.

Susan T. Fiske · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1980 · 1.5K citations

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