Recognition of Facial Expressions of Mixed Emotions in School-Age Children Exposed to Terrorism

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1341-1352

  Scrimin, Sara ^a   Moscardino, Ughetta ^a   Capello, Fabia ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a   Axia, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; emotion recognition; face; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TERRORISM;

CHILD; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RUSSIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 70249137662     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016689     Document Type: Article

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