Neuropsychology of facial expressions. The role of consciousness in processing emotional faces

摘要: Neuropsychological studies have underlined the significant presence of distinct brain correlates deputed to analyze facial expression emotion. It was observed that some cerebral circuits were considered as specific for emotional face comprehension a function conscious vs. unconscious processing information. Moreover, content faces (i.e. positive negative; more or less arousing) may an effect in activating cortical networks. Between others, recent explained contribution hemispheres comprehending face, type emotions (mainly related distinction negative) and tasks (comprehending producing expressions). Specifically, ERPs (event-related potentials) analysis overview is proposed order comprehend how be processed by observer he can make meaningful construct even absence awareness. Finally, oscillations explain synchronization neural populations response when activated.