Reading emotions from faces in two indigenous societies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 830-843

  Crivelli, Carlos ^a   Jarillo, Sergio ^b   Russell, James A ^c   Fernández Dols, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural diversity; Emotion perception; Facial expressions; Indigenous societies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMOTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPAIN;

EID: 84964743212     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000172     Document Type: Article

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