The emotional control of action: ERP evidence

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-49

  Grecucci, A ^a   Balaban, E ^a,b   Buiatti, T ^a   Budai, R ^c   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defensive system; Fear potentiated movement related potential; Imitation; Motor potential; Readiness potential; Stimulus response compatibility; Unpleasant emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 69249163914     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4449/aib.v147i1/2.755     Document Type: Article

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