The Commitment Function of Angry Facial Expressions

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1511-1517

  Reed, Lawrence Ian ^a   DeScioli, Peter ^b   Pinker, Steven A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotions; facial expressions; punishment; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84905465383     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614531027     Document Type: Article

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