Processing of facial expressions of emotions in healthy volunteers: An exploration with event-related potentials and personality traits

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-375

  Chai, H ^a,b   Chen, W Z ^a,b   Zhu, J ^a,b   Xu, Y ^a,b   Lou, L ^a,b   Yang, T ^a,b   He, W ^a,b   Wang, W ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anger; Cognitive neuropsychiatry; Dissocial trait; Event related potentials; Facial expression of emotion; Happiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANGER; ARTICLE; DIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NARCISSISM; NEUTRAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SADNESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870232585     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2012.04.087     Document Type: Article

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