Fearful, surprised, happy, and angry facial expressions modulate gaze-oriented attention: Behavioral and ERP evidence

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 583-600

  Lassalle, Amandine ^a   Itier, Roxane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotions; ERPs; Gaze orienting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887064646     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.835750     Document Type: Article

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