Electrophysiological evidence of emotion perception without central attention

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-708

  Shaw, Kathleen ^a   Lien, Mei Ching ^a   Ruthruff, Eric ^b   Allen, Philip A ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Emotion perception; Event related potentials; Psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DUAL TASK PERFORMANCE; EMOTION; EMOTION PERCEPTION; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOUND DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053529588     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.586624     Document Type: Review

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