EEG components of spontaneous trait inferences

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-177

  Van Duynslaeger, Marijke ^a   Sterken, Caroline ^a   Van Overwalle, Frank ^a   Verstraeten, Edwin ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; READING; RECALL; SCALP; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 50249104404     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910801907226     Document Type: Article

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