The influence of attention and arousal on emotion perception in adults with severe traumatic brain injury

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-131

  McDonald, Skye ^a   Rushby, Jacqueline ^a   Li, Sophie ^a   de Sousa, Arielle ^a   Dimoska, Aneta ^a   James, Charlotte ^a   Tate, Robyn ^b   Togher, Leanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Attention; Emotion perception; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; SENSITIZATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455168224     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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