Beta event-related desynchronization as an index of individual differences in processing human facial expression: Further investigations of autistic traits in typically developing adults

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Cooper, Nicholas R ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^a   Till, Amy ^a   Simmons, Kelly ^a   Puzzo, Ignazio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Autism; Beta; EEG; Emotion; ERD; Event related desynchronization; Facial expression; mu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGRY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84933679090     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00159     Document Type: Article

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