Sad people avoid the eyes or happy people focus on the eyes? Mood induction affects facial feature discrimination

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-274

  Hills, Peter J ^a   Lewis, Michael B ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79954496485     PISSN: 00071268     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712610X519314     Document Type: Article

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