Saving face for Darwin: The functions and uses of embarrassment

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Keltner, Dacher ^a   Anderson, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appeasement; Darwin; Embarrassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034338633     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00091     Document Type: Article

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