Cry babies and pollyannas: Infants can detect unjustified emotional reactions

Infancy

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Chiarella, Sabrina S ^a   Poulin Dubois, Diane ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84882913044     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12028     Document Type: Article

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