An electromyographic investigation of the impact of task relevance on facial mimicry

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 918-929

  Cannon, Peter R ^a,b   Hayes, Amy E ^b   Tipper, Steven P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Electromyography; Emotion; Mimicry; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FACE MUSCLE; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 68449100029     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802234864     Document Type: Article

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