Effects of male anxiety chemosignals on the evaluation of happy facial expressions

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 116-123

  Zernecke, Rebekka ^a   Haegler, Katrin ^a   Kleemann, Anna Maria ^a   Albrecht, Jessica ^a,b   Frank, Tilman ^a   Linn, Jennifer ^a   Brückmann, Hartmut ^a   Wiesmann, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotions; Fear; Human body odors; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GESTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SPEECH; SWEAT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 79960092156     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000047     Document Type: Article

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