Emotion in the neutral face: A mechanism for impression formation?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-441

  Adams, Reginald B ^a   Nelson, Anthony J ^a   Soto, José A ^a   Hess, Ursula ^b   Kleck, Robert E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion overgeneralisation; Emotional expression; Facial appearance; Gender stereotypes; Impression formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COOPERATION; EMOTION; FACIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HONESTY; HUMAN; IMPRESSION; INTUITION; LONELINESS; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84859631621     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.666502     Document Type: Article

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