An ERP study of emotional face processing in the adult and infant brain

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 232-245

  Leppänen, Jukka M ^a   Moulson, Margaret C ^b   Vogel Farley, Vanessa K ^c   Nelson, Charles A ^c,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847415827     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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