Cerebellum and processing of negative facial emotions: Cerebellar transcranial DC stimulation specifically enhances the emotional recognition of facial anger and sadness

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 786-799

  Ferrucci, Roberta ^a,b   Giannicola, Gaia ^a   Rosa, Manuela ^a   Fumagalli, Manuela ^a,b   Boggio, Paulo Sergio ^c   Hallett, Mark ^d   Zago, Stefano ^b   Priori, Alberto ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar dysfunction; Cerebellum; Emotion; Emotional disturbances; Facial emotion recognition; Prefrontal cortex; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ATTENTION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861208019     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.619520     Document Type: Article

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