Laughter exaggerates happy and sad faces depending on visual context

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-169

  Sherman, Aleksandra ^a   Sweeny, Timothy D ^b   Grabowecky, Marcia ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossmodal interaction; Emotion; Facial expressions; Laughter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863393568     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0198-2     Document Type: Article

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