N170 response to facial expressions is modulated by the affective congruency between the emotional expression and preceding affective picture

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-124

  Hietanen, Jari K ^a   Astikainen, Piia ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Affective priming; Event related potential (ERP); Face; Recognition accuracy; Response time

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871362701     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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