Emotional mimicry in social context: The case of disgust and pride

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Fischer, Agneta H ^a   Becker, Daniela ^a   Veenstra, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Disgust; Emotional mimicry; Facial mimicry; Pride; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870951775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00475     Document Type: Article

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