Perceiving bodies in motion: Expression intensity, empathy, and experience

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-453

  Sevdalis, Vassilis ^a   Keller, Peter E ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action; Biological motion; Empathy; Expression; Movement; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DANCING; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; DANCING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867741195     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3229-y     Document Type: Article

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