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Chapter 6 - More than just a mirror: examining the cross-channel mimicry of emotional expressions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

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Skyler Hawk  and
Agneta H. Fischer
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Ursula Hess  and
Agneta H. Fischer
Ursula Hess
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Agneta H. Fischer
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Emotional Mimicry in Social Context , pp. 107 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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