Visual search for emotional faces in children

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1306-1326

  Waters, Allison M ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 54349107478     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701755530     Document Type: Article

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