The many facets of facial interactions in mammals

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-266

  Brecht, Michael ^a   Freiwald, Winrich A ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL SOCIETY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL INTERACTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GAZE; GENETIC TRAIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRISSA; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLE RATS; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860378455     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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