The Intersection of Gender-Related Facial Appearance and Facial Displays of Emotion

Emotion Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-13

  Adams, Reginald B ^a   Hess, Ursula ^b   Kleck, Robert E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional expression; Face processing; Facial appearance; Gender stereotypes; Shared signal value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918525898     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: 17540747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073914544407     Document Type: Article

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