Angry and happy faces perceived without awareness: A comparison with the affective impact of masked famous faces

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-186

  Stone, Anna ^a   Valentine, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

EID: 33847042719     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440600616390     Document Type: Article

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