Emotional face processing and emotion regulation in children: An ERP study

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-102

  Dennis, Tracy A ^a   Malone, Melville M ^b   Chen, Chao Cheng ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 60749114156     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640802564887     Document Type: Article

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