Spontaneous emotion regulation: Differential effects on evoked brain potentials and facial muscle activity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-48

  Baur, Ramona ^a   Conzelmann, Annette ^a,b   Wieser, Matthias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Event Related Potentials; Facial muscle activity; Late positive potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATE POSITIVE POTENTIAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPORAL BONE; UPREGULATION; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925514270     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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