Emotional expectations influence neural sensitivity to fearful faces in humans: An event-related potential study

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1361-1368

  Yang, Jie Min ^a,b   Yuan, Jia Jin ^a,b   Li, Hong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

emotional expectation; event related potential; facial emotions; negative bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249256675     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4083-4     Document Type: Article

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