Why are you smiling at me? Social functions of enjoyment and non-enjoyment smiles

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-127

  Johnston, Lucy ^a   Miles, Lynden ^b   Macrae, C Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMILING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952780560     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X412476     Document Type: Article

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