Electrophysiological correlates of enhanced perceptual processes and attentional capture by emotional faces in social anxiety

Brain Research

Volumn 1460, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-62

  Rossignol, Mandy ^a   Philippot, Pierre ^a   Bissot, Cécile ^a   Rigoulot, Simon ^b   Campanella, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional perception; Event related potential; Face processing; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861637543     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.04.034     Document Type: Article

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