Deciphering the enigmatic face the importance of facial dynamics in interpreting subtle facial expressions

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 403-410

  Ambadar, Zara ^a,c   Schooler, Jonathan W ^b   Conn, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 19844377516     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01548.x     Document Type: Article

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