Decoding Emotions from Facial Expression: Recent Developments and Findings

European Review of Social Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-232

  Wallbott, Harald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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EID: 33748928168     PISSN: 10463283     EISSN: 1479277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14792779843000081     Document Type: Article

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