The influence of gender, social roles, and facial appearance on perceived emotionality

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1310-1317

  Hess, Ursula ^a   Thibault, Pascal ^a   Adams, Reginal B ^b   Kleck, Robert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 78649530954     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.715     Document Type: Article

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