Interference in simultaneously perceiving and producing facial expressions-Evidence from electromyography

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Otte, Ellen ^a   Habel, Ute ^a   Schulte Rüther, Martin ^a   Konrad, Kerstin ^a   Koch, Iring ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common coding; Emotion; Facial expression; Perceptual motor processes; Reaction time; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650200222     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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