Electrophysiological indices of processing symmetry and aesthetics: A result of judgment categorization or judgment report?

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-21

  Höfel, Lea ^a   Jacobsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Descriptive judgments; Evaluative judgments; Event related potentials (ERPs); Experimental aesthetics; Judgment processes; Psychological aesthetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; VALIDITY;

EID: 34247609265     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.21.1.9     Document Type: Article

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