On the valence of surprise

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1326-1334

  Noordewier, Marret K ^a   Breugelmans, Seger M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autobiographical recall; Cognitive consistency; Facial expression; Surprise; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SURPRISE; WORK;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84885062844     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.777660     Document Type: Article

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