Asymmetrical facial expressions in portraits and hemispheric laterality: A literature review

Laterality

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 545-572

  Powell, W R ^a   Schirillo, J A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic judgements; Affective hemispheric laterality; Facial expressions; Portraiture

Indexed keywords

ART; EMOTION; ESTHETICS; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

EMOTIONS; ESTHETICS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; PHYSIOGNOMY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 70450191658     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500802680336     Document Type: Review

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