Expression intensity, gender and facial emotion recognition: Women recognize only subtle facial emotions better than men

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Hoffmann, Holger ^a   Kessler, Henrik ^a   Eppel, Tobias ^a   Rukavina, Stefanie ^a   Traue, Harald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expression intensity; Facial emotion recognition; Gender difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77958153625     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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