Preschoolers' use of dynamic facial, bodily, and vocal cues to emotion

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-61

  Nelson, Nicole L ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body posture; Dynamic presentation; Emotion; Emotion recognition; Facial expression; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POSTURE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 79957624786     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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