Electrophysiological indices of processing aesthetics: Spontaneous or intentional processes?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-31

  Höfel, Lea ^a   Jacobsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; ERP; Event related potentials; Experimental aesthetics; Judgment; Psychological aesthetics; Spontaneous processes; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTHETICS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ART; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTHETICS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34347253011     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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