The Face in the Crowd Effect: Anger Superiority When Using Real Faces and Multiple Identities

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Pinkham, Amy E ^a   Griffin, Mark ^a   Baron, Robert ^a   Sasson, Noah J ^a   Gur, Ruben C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion recognition; face in the crowd effect; threat detection; visual search

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; CROWDING; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249096863     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017387     Document Type: Article

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