Investigating the impact of parental status and depression symptoms on the early perceptual coding of infant faces: An event-related potential study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-536

  Noll, Laura K ^a,b   Mayes, Linda C ^a   Rutherford, Helena J V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; ERP EEG, N170; Infant face; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CUES; DEPRESSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864648304     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.672457     Document Type: Article

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