Disgust, but not anger provocation, enhances levator labii superioris activity during exposure to moral transgressions

Biological Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-56

  Whitton, Alexis E ^a   Henry, Julie D ^b   Rendell, Peter G ^c   Grisham, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anger; Corrugator supercilii; Disgust; Facial electromyography; Levator labii superioris; Moral judgement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANGER PROVOCATION; ARTICLE; DISGUST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS; LONELINESS; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MORAL TRANSGRESSION; MORALITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; SURPRISE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ANGER; CORRUGATOR SUPERCILII; DISGUST; FACIAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS; MORAL JUDGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890677614     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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