Automatic processing of valence differences in emotionally negative stimuli: Evidence from an ERP study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-232

  Meng, Xianxin ^a,b   Yuan, Jiajin ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic processing; Emotionally negative stimuli; Event related potential; Valence differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149091706     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.064     Document Type: Article

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