The appraisal of facial beauty is rapid but not mandatory

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-142

  Schacht, Annekathrin ^a   Werheid, Katja ^a   Sommer, Werner ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SCALP; STIMULUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50849102800     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.2.132     Document Type: Article

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