Symmetrical interaction of sex and expression in face classification tasks

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-25

  Aguado, Luis ^a   García Gutierrez, Ana ^a   Serrano Pedraza, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749115156     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.1.9     Document Type: Article

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