Sex differences in face recognition and influence of facial affect

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1683-1690

  Hofmann, Stefan G ^a   Suvak, Michael ^a   Litz, Brett T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional processing; Evolutionary psychology; Facial affect; Reaction time; Recognition; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646131403     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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