Automatic response activation in sequential affective priming: An ERP study

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-445

  Eder, Andreas B ^a   Leuthold, Hartmut ^b   Rothermund, Klaus ^c   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Lateralized readiness potential; Response activation; Semantic priming; Sequential affective priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856805899     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr033     Document Type: Article

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