Do Facial Expressions Signal Specific Emotions? Judging Emotion from the Face in Context

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Carroll, James M ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030075937     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.2.205     Document Type: Article

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