The role of trait anxiety in the recognition of emotional facial expressions

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1120-1127

  Cooper, Robbie M ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Penton Voak, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Facial expressions; Perception; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION;

AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 49849095581     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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