A facial expression for anxiety

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 910-924

  Perkins, Adam M ^a   Inchley Mort, Sophie L ^a   Pickering, Alan D ^b   Corr, Philip J ^c   Burgess, Adrian P ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Facial expressions; Risk assessment; Rodent model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866151864     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026825     Document Type: Article

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