Happy to see me, aren't you, sally? Signal detection analysis of emotion detection in briefly presented male and female faces

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Pixton, Tonya S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion; Face perception; Facial expressions; Gender differences; Happiness; Response bias; Signal detection (perception)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960345159     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2011.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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