A temporal dissociation of subliminal versus supraliminal fear perception: An event-related potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 479-486

  Liddell, Belinda J ^a,b   Williams, Leanne M ^a,b   Rathjen, Jennifer ^a,b   Shevrin, Howard ^c   Gordon, Evian ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642348126     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892904322926809     Document Type: Article

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