Mental imagery of emotions: Electrophysiological evidence

NeuroImage

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-157

  Suess, Franziska ^a   Abdel Rahman, Rasha ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; EPN; ERPs; Facial expressions; LPP; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL IMAGERY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; AFFECT; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930379051     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.063     Document Type: Article

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