Why do fear and anger look the way they do? Form and social function in facial expressions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-86

  Marsh, Abigail A ^a   Adams Jr , Reginald B ^a   Kleck, Robert E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion; Facial expression; Facial maturity; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11144292742     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204271306     Document Type: Article

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