Mandatory processing of irrelevant fearful face features in visual search

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2926-2938

  Fenker, Daniela B ^a   Heipertz, Dorothee ^a   Boehler, Carsten N ^b   Schoenfeld, Mircea A ^a,b   Noesselt, Tömme ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b   Duezel, Emrah ^a,c   Hopf, Jens Max ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE; BOTTOM-UP FASHION; CORTEXES; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; EXTRASTRIATE; FACE FEATURES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SEARCH TASKS; TASK RELEVANT; VISUAL SEARCH;

EID: 78349306232     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21340     Document Type: Article

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