Morphed emotional faces: Emotion detection and misinterpretation in social anxiety

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-425

  Heuer, Kathrin ^a   Lange, Wolf Gero ^b   Isaac, Linda ^b   Rinck, Mike ^b   Becker, Eni S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion detection; Emotional facial expressions; Interpretation bias; Morphing; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77955984746     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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