Mapping the Time Course of Nonconscious and Conscious Perception of Fear: An Integration of Central and Peripheral Measures

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 64-74

  Williams, Leanne M ^a,b,e   Liddell, Belinda J ^a,b   Rathjen, Jennifer ^a,b   Brown, Kerri J ^a,b   Gray, Jeffrey ^c   Phillips, Mary ^c   Young, Andy ^d   Gordon, Evian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Brain Dynamics Centre   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion; Event related potential; Fear; Nonconscious; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0842282629     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.10154     Document Type: Article

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