Emotion perception in emotionless face images suggests a norm-based representation

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Neth, Donald ^a   Martinez, Aleix M ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Face recognition; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADULT; ANGER; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149468790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.1.5     Document Type: Article

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