On the electrophysiology of aesthetic processing

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 204, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-168

  Jacobsen, Thomas ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetic processing; EEG and aesthetics; ERP and aesthetics; Event related brain potentials; Neuroaesthetics; Neurocognitive psychology of aesthetics

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ESTHETICS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AESTHETIC PROCESSING; EEG AND AESTHETICS; ERP AND AESTHETICS; EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS; NEUROAESTHETICS; NEUROCOGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESTHETICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84884153512     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63287-6.00008-7     Document Type: Chapter

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