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Part III - Impact of Aging Cues on First Impressions and Emotion Communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Ursula Hess
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Reginald B. Adams, Jr.
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Robert E. Kleck
Affiliation:
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
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Emotion Communication by the Aging Face and Body
A Multidisciplinary View
, pp. 169 - 214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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