The voice conveys emotion in ten globalized cultures and one remote village in Bhutan

Emotion

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-128

  Cordaro, Daniel T ^a   Keltner, Dacher ^b   Tshering, Sumjay ^c   Wangchuk, Dorji ^d   Flynn, Lisa M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c Department of History   (South Africa)

^d Department of External Relations   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Expression; Universal; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BHUTANESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RECOGNITION; RURAL POPULATION; VOCALIZATION; ADOLESCENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BHUTAN; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RURAL POPULATION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955347945     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000100     Document Type: Article

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