In search of the emotional face: Anger versus happiness superiority in visual search

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 758-768

  Savage, Ruth A ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a   Craig, Belinda M ^a   Becker, Stefanie I ^a   Horstmann, Gernot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anger superiority; Face in the crowd effect; Facial expressions of emotion; Happiness superiority; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883235590     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031970     Document Type: Article

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