The "simulation" of the facial expression of emotions in case of short and long stimulus duration. The effect of pre-motor cortex inhibition by rTMS

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-120

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Bortolotti, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain activity disruption; Emotions; Facial expressions; Frontal motor system; rTMS; Stimulus duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN ACTIVITY DISRUPTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FRONTAL MOTOR SYSTEM; RTMS; STIMULUS DURATION;

ADULT; ANGER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882809066     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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