Heterogeneity of long-history migration explains cultural differences in reports of emotional expressivity and the functions of smiles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2015, Pages E2429-E2436

  Rychlowska, Magdalena ^a,b   Miyamoto, Yuri ^a   Matsumoto, David ^c   Hess, Ursula ^d   Gilboa Schechtman, Eva ^e   Kamble, Shanmukh ^f   Muluk, Hamdi ^g   Masuda, Takahiko ^h   Niedenthal, Paula Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collectivism individualism; Culture; Emotion; Historical demographics; Smile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; SMILING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929190425     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413661112     Document Type: Article

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