Can an anger face also be scared? Malleability of facial expressions

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 919-925

  Widen, Sherri C ^a   Naab, Pamela ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Child development; Emotion; Facial perception; Malleability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISGUST; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84874543359     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026119     Document Type: Article

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