The Automaticity of Emotion Recognition

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-95

  Tracy, Jessica L ^a   Robins, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

automaticity; efficiency; emotion recognition; nonverbal expression

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 39449092256     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.81     Document Type: Article

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