Early cortical processing of natural and artificial emotional faces differs between lower and higher socially anxious persons

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 735-746

  Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Herrmann, Martin J ^a   Weyers, Peter ^a   Tröger, Christian ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; EPN; ERP; Face; LPP; N170; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449131973     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-008-0108-6     Document Type: Article

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