Nonverbal dialects and accents in facial expressions of emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-96

  Elfenbein, Hillary Anger ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; expression; facial expression; nonverbal accents; nonverbal dialects; perception; recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872172242     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912451332     Document Type: Review

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