The Paradox of Emotion Attribution: Explanation Biases Perceptual Memory for Emotional Expressions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 197-201

  Halberstdadt, Jamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attribution; Emotion; Facial expression; Verbalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346266456     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0963-7214.2003.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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