Facial Asymmetry as an Indicator of Psychological, Emotional, and Physiological Distress

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 456-466

  Shackelford, Todd K ^a   Larsen, Randy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROL; EMOTION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031067656     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.2.456     Document Type: Article

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