Emotional face recognition, EMG response, and medial prefrontal activity in empathic behaviour

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Bortolotti, Adriana ^a   Gonzaga, Ludovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective empathy; EMG; Facial feedback; Medial prefrontal cortex; RTMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACE; FEAR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053189943     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.07.1833     Document Type: Article

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