Smiling and sad wrinkles: Age-related changes in the face and the perception of emotions and intentions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1377-1380

  Hess, Ursula ^a   Adams, Reginald B ^b   Simard, Annie ^c   Stevenson, Michael T ^b   Kleck, Robert E ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emotion; Facial expression; Person perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865646003     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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