Consciousness and arousal effects on emotional face processing as revealed by brain oscillations. A gamma band analysis

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Lucchiari, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Consciousness; EEG; Facial expression; Gamma band

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION;

EID: 38149129527     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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