Faces in the face of Death: Effects of exposure to life-threatening events and mortality salience on facial expression recognition in combat and noncombat military Veterans

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 860-867

  Anaki, David ^a   Brezniak, Tamar ^a   Shalom, Liron ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Combat veterans; Facial expressions; Fear of death; Mortality salience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARMY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; VETERAN; DEATH; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; DEATH; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAIN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868344979     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029415     Document Type: Article

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