Methodology for Assessing Bodily Expression of Emotion

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-248

  Gross, M Melissa ^a   Crane, Elizabeth A ^a   Fredrickson, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily expression; Effort Shape; Emotion recognition; Kinematics; Laban

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958463945     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-010-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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