Valence Resolution of Ambiguous Facial Expressions Using an Emotional Oddball Task

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1425-1433

  Neta, Maital ^a   Davis, F Caroline ^a   Whalen, Paul J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Emotion; Facial expressions; Oddball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755219897     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022993     Document Type: Article

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