Perception and emotion: How we recognize facial expressions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 222-226

  Adolphs, Ralph ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology HHMI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; Face perception; Faces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751265167     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2006.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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