When does size not matter? Effects of stimulus size on affective modulation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-215

  De Cesarei, Andrea ^a   Codispoti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Categorization; Emotion; ERPs; Stimulus size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 33646812964     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2006.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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