Controlling for Response Biases Clarifies Sex and Age Differences in Facial Affect Recognition

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-221

  Sasson, Noah J ^a   Pinkham, Amy E ^b   Richard, Jan ^c   Hughett, Paul ^c   Gur, Raquel E ^c   Gur, Ruben C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related differences; Emotion recognition; Facial affect; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958480786     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-010-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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