The influence of color on emotional perception of natural scenes

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-16

  Codispoti, Maurizio ^a   De Cesarei, Andrea ^a   Ferrari, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Categorization; EEG ERP; Emotion; Motivation; Orienting

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455199986     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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