Reactions to facial expressions: Effects of social context and speech anxiety on responses to neutral, anger, and joy expressions

Biological Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-78

  Vrana, Scott R ^a   Gross, Daniel ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional expression; Facial EMG; Social context; Speech anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1442286436     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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