Shyness and the first 100 ms of emotional face processing

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-89

  Jetha, Michelle K ^a,b   Zheng, Xin ^b   Schmidt, Louis A ^a   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotions; Evoked potentials; Face perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHYNESS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855476946     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.581539     Document Type: Article

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