Can you feel what you do not see? Using internal feedback to detect briefly presented emotional stimuli

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-124

  Bornemann, Boris ^a   Winkielman, Piotr ^b,c   der Meer, Elke van ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Emotional faces; Facial electromyography; Subliminal stimuli; Unconscious affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862773662     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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