Brain lateralization of holistic versus analytic processing of emotional facial expressions

NeuroImage

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-247

  Calvo, Manuel G ^a   Beltrán, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ERP; Facial expression; Holistic processing; Lateralization; Recognition; Visual saliency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC PROCESSING; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOLISTIC PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOUTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SURPRISE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895952369     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.048     Document Type: Article

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