A Tale of Two Negatives: Differential Memory Modulation by Threat-Related Facial Expressions

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Davis, F Caroline ^a   Somerville, Leah H ^b   Ruberry, Erika J ^b   Berry, Andrew B L ^a   Shin, Lisa M ^c   Whalen, Paul J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion; Facial expressions; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; THREAT; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959323661     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021625     Document Type: Article

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