Tuning the developing brain to emotional body expressions

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-253

  Missana, Manuela ^a   Atkinson, Anthony P ^b   Grossmann, Tobias ^a  

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

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84922774914     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12209     Document Type: Article

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