Posing as professor: Laterality in posing orientation for portraits of scientists

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-192

  Ten Cate, Carel ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expression; Lateralization; Perception; Portrait; Posing orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036035202     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020713416442     Document Type: Article

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