Early and late brain signatures of emotional prosody among individuals with high versus low power

Psychophysiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 555-565

  Paulmann, Silke ^a   Uskul, Ayse K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional prosody; ERP; Social power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007453794     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12812     Document Type: Article

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