An electrophysiological investigation into the automaticity of emotional face processing in high versus low trait anxious individuals

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-334

  Holmes, Amanda ^a   Nielsen, Maria Kragh ^a   Tipper, Stephanie ^a   Green, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949154372     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.9.3.323     Document Type: Article

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