Automaticity in attractive face processing: Brain potentials from a dual task

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 706-710

  Rellecke, Julian ^a   Bakirtas, Arda Melih ^a   Sommer, Werner ^a   Schacht, Annekathrin ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

attractiveness; automaticity; event related brain potentials; face processing; psychological refractory paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS ONSET ASYNCHRONY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BEAUTY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052470191     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834a89ad     Document Type: Article

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