Sensorimotor fluency influences affect: Evidence from electromyography

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-691

  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

Action; Electromyography; EMG; Emotion; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 77952349399     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930902927698     Document Type: Article

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