Trust at first sight: Evidence from ERPs

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-72

  Marzi, Tessa ^a   Righi, Stefania ^a   Ottonello, Sara ^a   Cincotta, Massimo ^b   Viggiano, Maria Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Hospital San Giovanni di Dio of Florence   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion; Event related potentials; Face perception; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TRUST; TRUSTWORTHINESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EMOTION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; FACE PERCEPTION; TRUSTWORTHINESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891341101     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss102     Document Type: Article

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