Appraisal frames of pleasant and unpleasant pictures alter emotional responses as reflected in self-report and facial electromyographic activity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-229

  Wu, Lingdan ^a   Winkler, Markus H ^a   Andreatta, Marta ^a   Hajcak, Greg ^b   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Appraisal; EMG; Emotion; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865372355     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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