Emotional mimicry: Why and when we mimic emotions

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 45-57

  Hess, Ursula ^a   Fischer, Agneta ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84893499220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12083     Document Type: Article

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