Categorical perception of anger is disrupted in alexithymia: Evidence from a visual ERP study

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1052-1067

  Vermeulen, Nicolas ^a,c   Luminet, Olivier ^a,c   de Sousa, Mariana Cordovil ^a   Campanella, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 48249121583     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701597635     Document Type: Article

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