Developmental and individual differences in the neural processing of dynamic expressions of pain and anger

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Missana, Manuela ^a   Grigutsch, Maren ^a   Grossmann, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; TEMPERAMENT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INDIVIDUALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84899129680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093728     Document Type: Article

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