Responding to social signals for response inhibition: A psychological process underlying trait anger

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-79

  Wilkowski, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; anger; facial expressions; inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755194942     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611409246     Document Type: Review

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