The significance of blushing for fair- and dark-skinned people

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1123-1132

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Lim, Hui Keow ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blushing; Complexion; Embarrassment; Facial blood flow; Fear of negative evaluation; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359259     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00259-7     Document Type: Article

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