A cross-species comparison of facial morphology and movement in humans and chimpanzees using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Vick, Sarah Jane ^a   Waller, Bridget M ^b   Parr, Lisa A ^c   Pasqualini, Marcia C Smith ^d   Bard, Kim A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AVILA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Comparative anatomy; Facial action coding system (FACS); Facial morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846018598     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-006-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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