Evidence for distinct contributions of form and motion information to the recognition of emotions from body gestures

Cognition

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-72

  Atkinson, Anthony P ^a   Tunstall, Mary L ^a   Dittrich, Winand H ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological motion; Body gestures; Body movement; Configural cues; Emotion recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MOVEMENT; EMOTION; FEAR; GESTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CUES; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34247202045     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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