The two sides of spontaneity: Movement onset asymmetries in facial expressions influence social judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-36

  Carr, Evan W ^a   Korb, Sebastian ^b,c   Niedenthal, Paula M ^b,c   Winkielman, Piotr ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Emotions; Facial expressions; Social judgments; Spontaneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901480976     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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