Symmetry perception and affective responses: A combined EEG/EMG study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3250-3261

  Makin, Alexis D J ^a   Wilton, Moon M ^a   Pecchinenda, Anna ^b   Bertamini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Event related desynchronization; Sustained posterior negativity; Symmetry; Visual evoked potential; Zygomaticus Major

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORY SYSTEM; TEMPORAL BONE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868305322     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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