Spatial frequency tuning during the conscious and non-conscious perception of emotional facial expressions - An intracranial ERP study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Willenbockel, Verena ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a   Nguyen, Dang Khoa ^b   Bouthillier, Alain ^b   Gosselin, Frédéric ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Emotional facial expressions; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867081574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00237     Document Type: Article

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