Brain activity during emotion perception: The role of attachment representation

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-248

  Fraedrich, Eva M ^a   Lakatos, Krisztina ^b   Spangler, Gottfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment representation; Brain activity; ERP EEG; Parenting; Perception of emotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952354757     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616731003759724     Document Type: Article

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