Violent media consumption and the recognition of dynamic facial expressions

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-584

  Kirsh, Steven J ^a   Mounts, Jeffrey R W ^a   Olczak, Paul V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Media; Video games; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIOLENCE; VISION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VIOLENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645507269     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506286840     Document Type: Article

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