Familiar eyes are smiling: On the role of familiarity in the perception of facial affect

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 856-866

  Claypool, Heather M ^a   Hugenberg, Kurt ^a   Housley, Meghan K ^a   Mackie, Diane M ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34748816845     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.422     Document Type: Article

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