Enhanced sensitivity to rare, emotion-irrelevant stimuli in females: Neural correlates

Neuroscience

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1758-1767

  Yuan, J J ^a   Yang, J M ^a   Chen, J ^a   Meng, X X ^a   Li, H ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Event related potential (ERP); Gender; Oddball paradigm; Rare stimulus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77955429019     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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