The shared signal hypothesis and neural responses to expressions and gaze in infants and adults

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Rigato, Silvia ^a   Farroni, Teresa ^a,b   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ERP; Facial expressions; Gaze; Shared signal hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954027185     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp037     Document Type: Article

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