Context in emotion perception

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b   Mesquita, Batja ^b   Gendron, Maria ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

context; culture; emotion; emotion perception; emotion recognition; language

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053609176     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411422522     Document Type: Article

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