A comparison of facial emotion processing in neurological and psychiatric conditions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Bediou, Benoit ^a,b,c   Brunelin, Jérôme ^a,d   d'Amato, Thierry ^a   Fecteau, Shirley ^d,e   Saoud, Mohamed ^a   Hénaff, Marie Anne ^f   Krolak Salmon, Pierre ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^g Hopital des Charpennes CHU de Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Facial expression recognition; Neurology; Psychiatry; Social cognition; Transnosographic approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867118372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00098     Document Type: Article

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