Recognizing Masked Threat: Fear Betrays, But Disgust You Can Trust

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 810-819

  Wiens, Stefan ^a,b   Peira, Nathalie ^a   Golkar, Armita ^a,b   Öhman, Arne ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

disgust sensitivity; fear; masking; recognition; signal detection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249096282     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013731     Document Type: Article

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