Can Duchenne Smiles Be Feigned? New Evidence on Felt and False Smiles

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-820

  Krumhuber, Eva G ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duchenne smile; emotion; facial expression; smile perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUCHENNE SMILE; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FACE; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PLEASURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMILING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449185245     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017844     Document Type: Article

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