Judging Approachability on the Face of It: The Influence of Face and Body Expressions on the Perception of Approachability

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 514-523

  Willis, Megan L ^a,b   Palermo, Romina ^a,c   Burke, Darren ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body expression; Emotion; Facial expression; Social behavior; Social judgments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; POSTURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959316666     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022571     Document Type: Article

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