Electromyographic responses to emotional facial expressions in 6-7year olds: A feasibility study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Deschamps, P K H ^a,c   Schutte, I ^b   Kenemans, J L ^b   Matthys, W ^a,c   Schutter, D J L G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Electromyography; Emotional responsiveness; Facial mimicry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84865372163     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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