Faces and awareness: Low-level, not emotional factors determine perceptual dominance

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-544

  Gray, Katie L H ^a   Adams, Wendy J ^a   Hedger, Nicholas ^a   Newton, Kristiana E ^a   Garner, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Emotional expression; Face processing; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPETITION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878991292     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031403     Document Type: Article

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