Event related potentials and the perception of intensity in facial expressions

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2899-2906

  Sprengelmeyer, Reiner ^a   Jentzsch, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Basic emotions; Disgust; ERP; Facial expression; Fear; Intensity; Mirror neurons; N170

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749441789     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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