Behavioral and neurophysiological characteristics of a visual recognition of emotions of joy, anger, and fear were studied in 9 young healthy men and 10 women. It was shown that these emotions were identified by subjects with different rate and accuracy; significant gender differences in recognition of anger and fear were found. Recording of visual evoked potentials (VEP) from the occipital (O1/2), medial temporal (T3/4), inferior temporal (T5/6), and frontal (F3/4) areas revealed differences (related with the type of emotion) in the latencies of P150, N180, P250, and N350 waves and in the amplitude of VEP components with the latencies longer than 250 ms. These differences were maximally expressed in T3/4 derivation. The subjects could be divided in two groups. The first group was characterized by increased VEP latencies and higher amplitudes of VEP components later than 250 ms in response to anger (in comparison with other types of emotions). These phenomena were observed in all the derivations but were most pronounced in T3/4. In the second group, only late P250 and N350 components had shorter latencies during recognition of fear. VEP amplitude variations related with the type of emotions were insignificant and were recorded in the occipital and frontal areas. The two groups of subjects also differed in psychoemotional personality characteristics. It is suggested that primary recognition of facial expression takes place in the temporal cortical areas. A possible correlation of electrophysiological indices of emotion recognition with personality traits is discussed.
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