Face-selective processing and the effect of pleasant and unpleasant emotional expressions on ERP correlates

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Pozzoli, Uberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b Bioengineering Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Event related potentials; Face processing; Facial affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0038012476     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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