Empathy and the expression and recognition of sarcasm by close relations or strangers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Rockwell, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1542750364     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.1.251     Document Type: Article

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