Context modulation of facial emotion perception differed by individual difference

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Tae Ho ^a,b   Choi, June Seek ^a   Cho, Yang Seok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84863249726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032987     Document Type: Article

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