Age and gender differences in decoding basic and non-basic facial expressions in late childhood and early adolescence

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-52

  Van Beek, Yolanda ^a   Dubas, Judith Semon ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Emotion decoding; Facial expressions; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349085006     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-007-0040-8     Document Type: Article

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