Don't look at me in anger! Enhanced processing of angry faces in anticipation of public speaking

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-280

  Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Reicherts, Philipp ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; EEG ERP; Emotion; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349109056     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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