Lonely adolescents exhibit heightened sensitivity for facial cues of emotion

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 377-383

  Vanhalst, Janne ^a,b   Gibb, Brandon E ^c   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; facial emotion recognition; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84945232551     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1092420     Document Type: Article

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