Out of sight but not out of mind: Unseen affective faces influence evaluations and social impressions

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1210-1221

  Anderson, Eric ^a   Siegel, Erika ^a   White, Dominique ^b   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Consciousness; Continuous flash suppression; Person perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; SEMANTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874412376     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027514     Document Type: Article

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