Optical Origins of Opposing Facial Expression Actions

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 745-752

  Lee, Daniel H ^a   Mirza, Reza ^a   Flanagan, John G ^b,c   Anderson, Adam K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Department of Human Development Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; evolutionary psychology; facial expressions; visual perception

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EMOTIONS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896855327     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613514451     Document Type: Article

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