Electrophysiological Responses to Evaluative Priming: The LPP Is Sensitive to Incongruity

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 794-806

  Herring, David R ^a   Taylor, Jennifer H ^a   White, Katherine R ^a   Crites, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Evaluative priming; Event related potentials; Late positive potential; N400

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION PRIMING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL; MALE; N400 COMPONENT POTENTIAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052284366     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022804     Document Type: Article

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