Mere Social Categorization Modulates Identification of Facial Expressions of Emotion

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 964-977

  Young, Steven G ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion expressions; Face processing; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649934562     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020400     Document Type: Article

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