On the malleability of the meaning of contexts: the influence of another person’s emotion expressions on situation perception

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 185-191

  Hess, Ursula ^a   Hareli, Shlomo ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

context; emotion; Facial expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISGUST; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUATION PERCEPTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006848799     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1269725     Document Type: Article

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