Affective facial expression processing in young children who have experienced maltreatment during the first year of life: An event-related potential study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-395

  Curtis, W John ^a   Cicchetti, Dante ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79956143556     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000125     Document Type: Article

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