Implicit affectivity and rapid processing of affective body language: An fMRI study

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 545-552

  Suslow, Thomas ^a,b   Ihme, Klas ^a   Quirin, Markus ^c   Lichev, Vladimir ^a   Rosenberg, Nicole ^a   Bauer, Jochen ^b   Bomberg, Luise ^a   Kersting, Anette ^a   Hoffmann, Karl Titus ^a   Lobsien, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bodily expressions; Caudate nucleus; Emotion; Implicit affect; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941600930     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12227     Document Type: Article

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