Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence of gender differences in the modulation of distraction by the emotional context

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-316

  Garcia Garcia, Manuel ^a   Domínguez Borràs, Judith ^a   SanMiguel, Iria ^a   Escera, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotional context; Event related potentials; Involuntary attention; Novelty P3; RON

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849406543     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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