Modulation of early perceptual processing by emotional expression and acquired valence of faces: An ERP study

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-41

  Aguado, Luis ^a   Valdés Conroy, Berenice ^a   Rodríguez, Sonia ^a   Román, Francisco J ^b   Diéguez Risco, Teresa ^a   Fernández Cahill, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Associative learning; EPN; Event related potentials; Facial expression; N170; P100

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P100;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84856770806     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000065     Document Type: Article

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