When does the brain distinguish between genuine and ambiguous smiles? An ERP study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-246

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Marrero, Hipólito ^a   Beltrán, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blended expressions; Emotion; Event related potentials; Face recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; AMBIGUOUS SMILE; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL COMPONENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENUINE SMILE; HAPPINESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATENT PERIOD; LATER EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL COMPONENT; MALE; P200 EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL COMPONENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMILING;

EID: 84871455383     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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