Embodied simulation of emotional valence: Facial muscle responses to abstract and concrete words

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1590-1598

  Künecke, Janina ^a   Sommer, Werner ^a   Schacht, Annekathrin ^b   Palazova, Marina ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concreteness; Embodied simulation; Emotional valence; Facial EMG; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954435552     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12555     Document Type: Article

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