Impact of depression on response to comedy: A dynamic facial coding analysis

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 804-809

  Reed, Lawrence Ian ^a   Sayette, Michael A ^a   Cohn, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comedy; Depression; Facial coding; Facial expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38449105205     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.116.4.804     Document Type: Article

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