EEG reveals an early influence of social conformity on visual processing in group pressure situations

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-89

  Trautmann Lengsfeld, Sina Alexa ^a,b   Herrmann, Christoph Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; ERP; P1; Social conformity; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872615469     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.742927     Document Type: Article

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