Reading trustworthiness in faces without recognizing faces

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-410

  Todorov, Alexander ^a   Duchaine, Bradley ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Face perception; Prosopagnosia; Social cognition; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRUST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROSOPAGNOSIA; TRUST;

EID: 46749114827     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290802044996     Document Type: Article

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