Accurately detecting happy facial expressions associates with perceptions of flirtatiousness.
Emotional facial expressions are relevant to flirtation because they provide information on an individual's intentions or motivations. Individual differences in the ability to accurately detect and discriminate between normative facially expressed emotions could lead to misperceptions of the level o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social & Personal Relationships Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 1288 - 1316 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Apr2023
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