Identifying facial emotions: Valence specific effects and an exploration of the effects of viewer gender

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-423

  Jansari, Ashok ^a   Rodway, Paul ^b   Goncalves, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Hemispheric asymmetry; Response bias; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957939883     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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