In your face: the biased judgement of fear-anger expressions in violent offenders
Abstract Background Why is it that certain violent criminals repeatedly find themselves engaged in brawls? Many inmates report having felt provoked or threatened by their victims, which might be due to a tendency to ascribe malicious intentions when faced with ambiguous social signals, termed hostil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Psychology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-017-0186-z |