Perceptions of emotion from facial expressions are not culturally universal: Evidence from a remote culture

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 251-262

  Gendron, Maria ^a   Roberson, Debi ^b   van der Vyver, Jacoba Marietta ^c,d   Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Facial expression; Perception; Universality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMIBIA; PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897937987     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036052     Document Type: Article

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