Affective picture modulation: Valence, arousal, attention allocation and motivational significance

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-381

  Leite, Jorge ^a   Carvalho, Sandra ^a   Galdo Alvarez, Santiago ^b   Alves, Jorge ^a   Sampaio, Adriana ^a   Gonçalves, Óscar F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotion; EPN; ERP; IAPS; LPP; Probe P3; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PICTURE MODULATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY POSTERIOR NEGATIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859160489     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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