Emotional complexity and the neural representation of emotion in motion

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-108

  Tavares, Paula ^a   Barnard, Philip J ^b   Lawrence, Andrew D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animacy; Embodiment; Emotion; Empathy; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTION; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751696184     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq021     Document Type: Article

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