Depth of facial expression processing depends on stimulus visibility: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of priming effects

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 282-292

  Hsu, Shen Mou ^a   Hetrick, William P ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52749095685     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.8.3.282     Document Type: Article

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