What emotion does the "facial expression of disgust" express?

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1315-1319

  Pochedly, Joseph T ^a   Widen, Sherri C ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context effect; Disgust; Emotion recognition; Facial expressions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISGUST; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874435505     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027998     Document Type: Article

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