What are emotion expressions for?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Shariff, Azim F ^a   Tracy, Jessica L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; emotion expressions; evolutionary psychology; nonverbal displays; signal

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755170637     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411424739     Document Type: Article

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