Functional consequences of perceiving facial expressions of emotion without awareness

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-584

  Eastwood, John D ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Face perception; Facial expression; Perception without awareness; Unconscious perception; visual attention

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23644438557     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.01.001     Document Type: Review

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