Perception of six basic emotional facial expressions by the Chinese

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-629

  Wang, Kai ^a   Hoosain, Rumjahn ^b   Lee, Tatia M C ^b   Meng, Yu ^a   Fu, Jia ^a   Yang, Renmin ^c,d  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^d Section of Chinese Medicine Association   (China)

Author keywords

Anger; Chinese; Disgust; Emotion; Facial expression; Fear; Happiness; Recognition; Sadness; Surprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749599131     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022106290481     Document Type: Article

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