The duchenne marker is not a universal signal of smile authenticity - but it can be learned!

Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 215-221

  Thibault, Pascal ^a   Levesque, Manon ^b   Gosselin, Pierre ^c   Hess, Ursula ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ OMAR BONGO   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Cultural dialects; Duchenne smile; Emotion; Facial expressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869127698     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000122     Document Type: Article

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