Toward a dialect theory: Cultural differences in the expression and recognition of posed facial expressions

Emotion

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-146

  Elfenbein, Hillary Anger ^a   Beaupré, Martin ^b   Lévesque, Manon ^c   Hess, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ OMAR BONGO   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Cultural variations; Dialects; Emotion; Expression; In group advantage; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RECOGNITION; SHAME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947205132     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.131     Document Type: Article

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