The meaning in empathy: Distinguishing conceptual encoding from facial mimicry, trait empathy, and attention to emotion

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Hofelich, Alicia J ^a   Preston, Stephanie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Empathy; Facial expression; Individual differences; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOUR NAMING STROOP; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOSTROOP; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRUSIVE COGNITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858242236     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.559192     Document Type: Article

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