Perceptual biases in processing facial identity and emotion

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-187

  Coolican, Jamesie ^a   Eskes, Gail A ^a   McMullen, Patricia A ^a   Lecky, Erin ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chimeric faces; Configural processing; Emotion processing; Face processing; Perceptual bias; Right hemisphere damage; Visuo spatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STROKE;

EID: 38849201866     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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