Scene identification and emotional response: Which spatial frequencies are critical?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 17052-17057

  de Cesarei, Andrea ^a   Codispoti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY GATING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855186983     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3745-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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