Chemosignals Communicate Human Emotions

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1417-1424

  de Groot, Jasper H B ^a   Smeets, Monique A M ^a   Kaldewaij, Annemarie ^a   Duijndam, Maarten J A ^a   Semin, Gün R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemosignals; disgust; emotional contagion; emotions; facial expressions; fear; olfaction; social communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869211849     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612445317     Document Type: Article

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