Categorical perception of face actions: Their role in sign language and in communicative facial displays

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-95

  Campbell, Ruth ^a   Woll, Bencie ^b   Benson, Philip J ^c   Wallace, Simon B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEARING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033073371     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755802     Document Type: Article

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