Anxiety and the interpretation of ambiguous facial expressions: The influence of contextual cues

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1101-1115

  Blanchette, Isabelle ^a   Richards, Anne ^b   Cross, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34547549904     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210600890511     Document Type: Article

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