Cultural differences in the relative contributions of face and context to judgments of emotions

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-218

  Matsumoto, David ^a   Hwang, Hyi Sung ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

context; context superiority; culture; emotion; face superiority; response linkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855585962     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110387426     Document Type: Article

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