Language as context for the perception of emotion

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a   Lindquist, Kristen A ^a   Gendron, Maria ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL PROCESSES; EMOTION PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; FACE RECOGNITION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

CONTEXT SENSITIVE GRAMMARS;

ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION; SENSORY STIMULATION;

AMYGDALA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; NERVE NET; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34447555701     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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