Interference control during recognition of facial affect enhances the processing of expression specific properties - An event-related fMRI study

Brain Research

Volumn 1269, Issue , 2009, Pages 143-157

  Frühholz, Sascha ^a   Fehr, Thorsten ^a   Herrmann, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contextual distraction; Emotional interference; Facial expression; fMRI; Interference resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349133883     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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