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ReviewPsychophysiology2016

Steady-state visual evoked potentials as a research tool in social affective neuroscience.

Matthias J Wieser, Vladimir Miskovic, Andreas Keil

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Review in Psychophysiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthias J WieserInstitute of Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Vladimir MiskovicDepartment of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA.
Andreas KeilDepartment of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4064-1924

Funding

Acquisition and extinction of affective bias in perception: A single trial approaR01MH097320 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI DING, MINGZHOU, KEIL, ANDREAS · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
The Impact of Anxiety on Neurobehavioral Correlates of Conditioned Fear GeneralizationR03MH105716 · NIMH · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NY,BINGHAMTON · PI MISKOVIC, VLADIMIR · 2015 to 2016
$142k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH097320NIMH NIH HHS R03 MH105716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Like many other primates, humans place a high premium on social information transmission and processing. One important aspect of this information concerns the emotional state of other individuals, conveyed by distinct visual cues such as facial expressions, overt actions, or by cues extracted from the situational context. A rich body of theoretical and empirical work has demonstrated that these socioemotional cues are processed by the human visual system in a prioritized fashion, in the service of optimizing social behavior. Furthermore, socioemotional perception is highly dependent on situational contexts and previous experience. Here, we review current issues in this area of research and discuss the utility of the steady-state visual evoked potential (ssVEP) technique for addressing key empirical questions. Methodological advantages and caveats are discussed with particular regard to quantifying time-varying competition among multiple perceptual objects, trial-by-trial analysis of visual cortical activation, functional connectivity, and the control of low-level stimulus features. Studies on facial expression and emotional scene processing are summarized, with an emphasis on viewing faces and other social cues in emotional contexts, or when competing with each other. Further, because the ssVEP technique can be readily accommodated to studying the viewing of complex scenes with multiple elements, it enables researchers to advance theoretical models of socioemotional perception, based on complex, quasinaturalistic viewing situations.

Indexed as

Evoked Potentials, VisualSocial BehaviorSocial PerceptionAffectAttentionBrainBrain MappingCuesElectroencephalographyFacial RecognitionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPhotic StimulationSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedVisual CortexVisual PerceptionEEGFacial expressionFrequency taggingSocial neuroscienceSocioemotional perceptionssVEPsVisual cortex

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PMID27699794
PMCPMC5582350

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