More than happy: The need for disentangling positive emotions

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-40

  Sauter, Disa ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Emotion; Happiness; Nonverbal signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953758903     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721409359290     Document Type: Article

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