A label superiority effect in children's categorization of facial expressions

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-52

  Russell, James A ^b   Widen, Sherri C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Children; Emotions; Labels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036003794     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00185     Document Type: Article

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