Transmission of facial expressions of emotion co-evolved with their efficient decoding in the brain: Behavioral and brain evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Schyns, Philippe G ^a   Petro, Lucy S ^a   Smith, Marie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINA; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM;

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BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 66249121070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005625     Document Type: Article

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