Self-relevance appraisal of gaze direction and dynamic facial expressions: Effects on facial electromyographic and autonomic reactions

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 330-337

  Soussignan, Robert ^a   Chadwick, Michèle ^b   Philip, Léonor ^b   Conty, Laurence ^c   Dezecache, Guillaume ^b   Grèzes, Julie ^b  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Emotional expression; Gaze; Gender; Mimicry; Self relevance appraisal

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DECELERATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SADNESS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF RELEVANCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; ANGER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879537827     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029892     Document Type: Article

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