Differential contribution of cortical and subcortical visual pathways to the implicit processing of emotional faces: A tDCS study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6469-6475

  Cecere, Roberto ^a,b   Bertini, Caterina ^a,b   Làdavas, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CsrNC Centro di Studi e Ricerche in Neuroscienze Cognitive   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; SUBCORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84875969239     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3431-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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