Effects of brain laterality on accuracy of decoding facial displays of emotion

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-437

  Floyd, Kory ^a   Mikkelson, Alan C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communibiology; Emotion display; Hemispheric dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979155525     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370309370165     Document Type: Article

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