Identifying personality from the static, nonexpressive face in humans and chimpanzees: Evidence of a shared system for signaling personality

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Kramer, Robin S S ^a   King, James E ^b   Ward, Robert ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Faces; Personality; Signaling

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 79954629226     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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