Emotional empathy and facial reactions to facial expressions

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Dimberg, Ulf ^a   Andréasson, Per ^a   Thunberg, Monika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotional accuracy; Empathy; Facial emg; Facial expressions; Facial reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CORRUGATOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMPATHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL REACTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ZYGOMATIC MUSCLE;

EID: 79751517450     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000029     Document Type: Article

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