Brain Reward Activity to Masked In-Group Smiling Faces Predicts Friendship Development

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 415-421

  Chen, Pin Hao A ^a   Whalen, Paul J ^a   Freeman, Jonathan B ^b   Taylor, James M ^a   Heatherton, Todd F ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; face; fMRI; friendship; reward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926335074     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550614566093     Document Type: Article

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