Lateralisation effect in comprehension of emotional facial expression: A comparison between EEG alpha band power and behavioural inhibition (BIS) and activation (BAS) systems

Laterality

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-384

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Mazza, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Emotion; Face; Frequency band analysis; Hemispheric differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951191060     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500902886056     Document Type: Article

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