Encouraging expressions affect the brain and alter visual attention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Martín Loeches, Manuel ^a,b   Sel, Alejandra ^a   Casado, Pilar ^a,b   Jiménez, Laura ^a,b   Castellanos, Luis ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Centro Estratégico de Investigación Neurocientífica El Jardín de Junio   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED RESPONSE; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650114986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005920     Document Type: Article

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