Spiders do not evoke greater early posterior negativity in the event-related potential as snakes

NeuroReport

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1049-1053

  He, Hongshen ^a   Kubo, Kenta ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

archetypal fear; early posterior negativity; event related potential; snake; spider; spider fear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SPIDER; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SNAKES; SPIDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905971746     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000227     Document Type: Article

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