Does the organization of emotional expression change over time? Facial expressivity from 4 to 12 months

Infancy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-187

  Bennett, David S ^a,c   Bendersky, Margaret ^b   Lewis, Micheal ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Friends Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INFANT; MALE; MASK; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

EID: 28244482332     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327078in0802_4     Document Type: Review

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