Facial expressions and ambivalence: Looking for conflict in all the right faces

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-52

  Heisel, Marnin J ^a   Mongrain, Myriam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Conflict over expression; Emotional expression; Facial expressions; Nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543002909     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JONB.0000017866.03983.72     Document Type: Article

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