The face of love: Spontaneous accommodation as social emotion regulation

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1551-1563

  Häfner, Michael ^a   IJzerman, Hans ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accommodation; communal orientation; emotion regulation; facial EMG; relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80055091807     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167211415629     Document Type: Article

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