A winning smile? Smile intensity, physical dominance, and fighter performance

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Kraus, Michael W ^a   David Chen, Teh Way ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotion; Physical dominance; Smiles

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RESEARCH;

AGGRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARTIAL ARTS; SMILING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84881100960     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030745     Document Type: Article

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