Inherently ambiguous: Facial expressions of emotions, in context

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-65

  Hassin, Ran R ^a   Aviezer, Hillel ^a,b   Bentin, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basic emotions; body perception; context; emotion perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872173306     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912451331     Document Type: Review

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