Dress for success: Human facial expressions are important signals of emotions

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Lo̧hmus, Mare ^a   Sundström, L Fredrik ^b   Björklund, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOMINID; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPH; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 63449121365     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0108     Document Type: Article

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