At face value: Categorization goals modulate vigilance for angry faces

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Van Dillen, Lotte F ^a   Lakens, Daniël ^a   den Bos, Kees van ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic vigilance; Facial expression; Social categorization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649986379     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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