Electrophysiological responses in mothers to their own and unfamiliar child's gaze information

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-276

  Doi, Hirokazu ^a   Shinohara, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gaze direction; Identity; Mother; N170; Oddball; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIORISM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LATENT PERIOD; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865550957     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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