Self-reference modulates the processing of emotional stimuli in the absence of explicit self-referential appraisal instructions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-661

  Herbert, Cornelia ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a   Herbert, Beate M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appraisal theory; Emotion; ERPs; Negativity bias; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054746512     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq082     Document Type: Article

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