Is a neutral face really evaluated as being emotionally neutral?

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Summary

It is suggested that prototypical "neutral" faces may be evaluated as negative in some circumstances, which suggests that the inclusion of neutral faces as a baseline condition might introduce an experimental confound in functional neuroimaging studies.

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Published
2008-01-15
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Keywords

Psychology, Valence (chemistry), Neuroimaging, Facial expression, Negative emotion

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