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Direct linkBrosch, Tobias; Van Bavel, Jay J. – Cognition, 2012
There is extensive evidence that emotional--especially threatening--stimuli rapidly capture attention. These findings are often explained in terms of a hard-wired and relatively inflexible fear module. We propose an alternative, more flexible mechanism, arguing that motivational relevance is the crucial factor driving rapid attentional orienting.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Individual Differences, Cues, Group Membership
Frank, Michael C.; Everett, Daniel L.; Fedorenko, Evelina; Gibson, Edward – Cognition, 2008
Does speaking a language without number words change the way speakers of that language perceive exact quantities? The Piraha are an Amazonian tribe who have been previously studied for their limited numerical system [Gordon, P. (2004). Numerical cognition without words: Evidence from Amazonia. "Science 306", 496-499]. We show that the Piraha have…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Language Universals, Internet, Numbers
