Sex differences in judgement of facial affect: A multivariate analysis of recognition errors

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-246

  Thayer, Julian ^a   Johnsen, Bjørn Helge ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ekman faces; Emotional recognition errors; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034277255     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00193     Document Type: Article

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