When action meets emotions: How facial displays of emotion influence goal-related behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ferri, Francesca ^a   Stoianov, Ivilin Peev ^b   Gianelli, Claudia ^c   D'Amico, Luigi ^d   Borghi, Anna M ^c,e   Gallese, Vittorio ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78049310870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013126     Document Type: Article

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