Facial expressions depicting compassionate and critical emotions: The development and validation of a new emotional face stimulus set

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  McEwan, Kirsten ^a   Gilbert, Paul ^b   Dandeneau, Stephane ^c   Lipka, Sigrid ^d   Maratos, Frances ^d   Paterson, Kevin B ^e   Baldwin, Mark ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPASSIONATE; CRITICAL EMOTION; EMOTION; FACE STIMULUS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUTRAL EMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; STIMULUS; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EMPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896781533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088783     Document Type: Article

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