Confidence in emotion perception in point-light displays varies with the ability to perceive own emotions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lorey, Britta ^a   Kaletsch, Morten ^a   Pilgramm, Sebastian ^a   Bischoff, Matthias ^a   Kindermann, Stefan ^a   Sauerbier, Isabell ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^a   Zentgraf, Karen ^a,b   Munzert, Jörn ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POINT LIGHT DISPLAY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84865165899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042169     Document Type: Article

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