Affect-congruent approach and withdrawal movements of happy and angry faces facilitate affective categorisation

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 863-875

  van Peer, Jacobien M ^a   Rotteveel, Mark ^b   Spinhoven, Philip ^c   Tollenaar, Marieke S ^a   Roelofs, Karin ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Compatibility; Emotion evaluation; Facial expression; Stimulus movement

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS;

EID: 77954397907     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930902935485     Document Type: Article

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