Event-related potentials related to normal and morphed emotional faces

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-192

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Lucchiari, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; ERP correlates; Facial expression; Lateralization; Structural encoding

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744378782     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.2.176-192     Document Type: Article

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