Electrocortical responses to NIMSTIM facial expressions of emotion

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-25

  Smith, Ezra ^a   Weinberg, Anna ^b   Moran, Tim ^c   Hajcak, Greg ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; ERP; Face; NIMSTIM; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SADNESS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877612207     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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