The silent social/emotional signals in left and right cheek poses: A literature review

Laterality

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 612-624

  Lindell, Annukka K ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cheek; Emotion; Face; Impassive; Perception; Scientific

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CHEEK; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHEEK; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; POSTURE;

EID: 84890116328     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357650X.2012.737330     Document Type: Review

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