Blushing May Signify Guilt: Revealing Effects of Blushing in Ambiguous Social Situations

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-249

  De Jong, Peter J ^b   Peters, Madelon L ^a   De Cremer, David ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appeasement; Blushing; Embarrassment; Guilt; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041786674     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025059631708     Document Type: Article

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