Facial mimicry is not necessary to recognize emotion: Facial expression recognition by people with Moebius syndrome

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-251

  Bogart, Kathleen Rives ^a   Matsumoto, David ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied simulation theory; Emotion recognition; Facial feedback; Mimicry; Moebius (Mobius) syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBIUS SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952163376     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903395692     Document Type: Article

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