The impact of the stimulus features and task instructions on facial processing in social anxiety: An ERP investigation

Biological Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-96

  Peschard, Virginie ^a,b   Philippot, Pierre ^a   Joassin, Frédéric ^a   Rossignol, Mandy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Funds for Scientific Research of Belgium   (Belgium)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expressions; N170; P1; Social anxiety; Stroop paradigm

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874718052     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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