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Change detection related to peripheral facial expression: an electroencephalography study

Authors: Barbara Khittl, Herbert Bauer, Peter Walla

Published in: Journal of Neural Transmission | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

The objective is to study the change detection of emotion expression by electroencephalography (EEG). A visual letter task was combined with two neutral faces. After a short break another letter task occurred whilst the peripheral faces remained or randomly changed to joy, anger or disgust. Study participants responded whether they had perceived a change in emotion expression or not. Explicit change detection elicited more positive-going EEG amplitudes than change blindness between 750 and 900 ms. A change to disgust elicited largest effects. Furthermore, evidence for implicit change detection occurred.

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Title: Change detection related to peripheral facial expression: an electroencephalography study
Authors: Barbara Khittl
Herbert Bauer
Peter Walla
Publication date: 01-01-2009
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Journal of Neural Transmission / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0300-9564
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1463
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-008-0125-5

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