Integrating physical and social cues when forming face preferences: Differences among low and high-anxiety individuals

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Conway, Claire A ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a   Debruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Hay, Julia ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^a   Perrett, David I ^c   Feinberg, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 39049093258     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910701676145     Document Type: Article

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