Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 77-85 , 15 January 2008

Is a neutral face really evaluated as being emotionally neutral?

  • Eun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ilsan Hospital, National Health Insurance Corporation, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jee In Kang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Il Ho Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Jin Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Suk Kyoon An

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Severance Mental Health Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 696–6 Tanbul-dong, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, 464–100, South Korea. Tel.: +82 31 760 9404; fax: +82 31 761 7582.

Received 29 November 2005 ,Revised 26 September 2006 ,Accepted 3 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.005

Psychiatry Research
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 77-85 , 15 January 2008

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