Faces in context: A review and systematization of contextual influences on affective face processing

Facial expressions are of eminent importance for social interaction as they convey information about other individuals’ emotions and social intentions. According to the predominant basic emotion approach, the perception of emotion in faces is based on the rapid, automatic categorization of prototypi...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Matthias J Wieser, Tobias eBrosch
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Subjects:	emotion Facial Expression face perception context “basic emotion“
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00471/full

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