Arousal effect on emotional face comprehension. Frequency band changes in different time intervals

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 455-462

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Pozzoli, Uberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b IRRCS Medea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; ERPs; Facial expressions; Frequency band

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349256089     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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