Body language: Embodied perception of emotion

Measurement with Persons: Theory, Methods, and Implementation Areas

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 335-352

  Sinke, Charlotte B A ^a   Kret, Mariska E ^a   Gelder, Beatrice De ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84920624925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203816660     Document Type: Chapter

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