Neural mechanism of unconscious perception of surprised facial expression

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 401-407

  Duan, Xujun ^a   Dai, Qian ^a   Gong, Qiyong ^b   Chen, Huafu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Facial expression; FMRI; Surprise; TAS 20

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SUBICULUM; UNCONSCIOUS PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; THALAMUS; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; THALAMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953285421     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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