Nonverbal Channel Use in Communication of Emotion: How May Depend on Why

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-617

  App, Betsy ^a   McIntosh, Daniel N ^a   Reed, Catherine L ^a,b   Hertenstein, Matthew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion display; Nonverbal communication; Social function; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SHAME; SOCIAL STATUS; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

ANGER; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959300114     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023164     Document Type: Article

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