Social context influences recognition of bodily expressions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-180

  Kret, Mariska Esther ^a   De Gelder, Beatrice ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body expression; Context effects; Emotion; Social scene

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY EXPRESSION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952290748     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2220-8     Document Type: Article

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