Rapid extraction of emotional expression: Evidence from evoked potential fields during brief presentation of face stimuli

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 808-817

  Eger, E ^a,b   Jedynak, A ^a   Iwaki, T ^a   Skrandies, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binocular interaction; Brain electric topography; Emotional processing; Event related potentials; Face perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE; EYE DOMINANCE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037215078     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00287-7     Document Type: Article

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