The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 11655-11660

  Tracy, Jessica L ^a   Matsumoto, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Innate behavioral response; Nonverbal expression; Self conscious emotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME; SPORT;

BLINDNESS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 50149119002     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802686105     Document Type: Article

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