Role of facial expressions in social interactions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1535, 2009, Pages 3453-3458

  Frith, Chris ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Awareness; Communication; Emotion; Face

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMITATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 73549120913     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0142     Document Type: Review

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