Editorial: The social nature of emotions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Van Kleef, Gerben A ^a   Cheshin, Arik ^b   Fischer, Agneta H ^a   Schneider, Iris K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective science; Culture; Emotion; Emotion processing; Emotional expression; Group processes; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980006427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00896     Document Type: Editorial

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