Categorical and dimensional perceptions in decoding emotional facial expressions

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-601

  Fujimura, Tomomi ^a,b   Matsuda, Yoshi Taka ^a,b   Katahira, Kentaro ^a,c   Okada, Masato ^a,c   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Category; Dimension; Facial expressions; Hybrid theory of emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EXCITEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861520489     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.595391     Document Type: Article

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