Attention modulates emotional expression processing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1047-1056

  Wronka, Eligiusz ^a   Walentowska, Wioleta ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional expression; Event related potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959949894     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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