Emotional scenes elicit more pronounced self-reported emotional experience and greater EPN and LPP modulation when compared to emotional faces

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 849-860

  Thom, Nathaniel ^a,e   Knight, Justin ^b,c   Dishman, Rod ^c   Sabatinelli, Dean ^b,c   Johnson, Douglas C ^d   Clementz, Brett ^b,c  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Late positive potential; N170

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACE; FEAR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904300959     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0225-z     Document Type: Article

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