False Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotion: Causes and Implications

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 530-539

  Fernández Dols, José Miguel ^a   Carrera, Pilar ^a   Barchard, Kimberly A ^b   Gacitua, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

expression and context; facial expression of emotion; false recognition; prototype effect; recognition of emotions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; ERROR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; DECEPTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 50849089300     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012724     Document Type: Article

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