Is there an ingroup advantage in recognizing spontaneously expressed emotions?

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Matsumoto, David ^a   Olide, Andres ^a   Willingham, Bob ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b World of Judo   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Ingroup advantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650835640     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-009-0068-z     Document Type: Article

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