Action and emotion recognition from point light displays: An investigation of gender differences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Alaerts, Kaat ^a   Nackaerts, Evelien ^a   Meyns, Pieter ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Wenderoth, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POINT LIGHT DISPLAY; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COLOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COLOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOVEMENT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79958296586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020989     Document Type: Article

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