What's in a word? Language constructs emotion perception

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-71

  Lindquist, Kristen A ^a   Gendron, Maria ^b,c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

construction; context; emotion perception; language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872174325     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912451351     Document Type: Review

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