Neural responses to faces reflect social personality traits

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-359

  Cheung, Celeste H M ^a   Rutherford, Helena J V ^a   Mayes, Linda C ^a   McPartland, James C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potential (ERP EEG); Extraversion; Face perception; N170; Personality; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954590347     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470911003597377     Document Type: Article

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