Duchenne smiles and the perception of generosity and sociability in faces

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-196

  Mehu, Marc ^a,c   Little, Anthony C ^a,b   Dunbar, Robin I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duchenne smile; Evolution; Extroversion; Facial expression; Generosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749087896     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1011     Document Type: Article

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