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What's embodied in a smile?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Disa A. Sauter  and
Stephen C. Levinson
Disa A. Sauter
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6500AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands. disa.sauter@mpi.nlstephen.levinson@mpi.nlhttp://www.mpi.nl/people/sauter-disahttp://www.mpi.nl/people/levinson-stephen
Stephen C. Levinson
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, 6500AH Nijmegen, The Netherlands. disa.sauter@mpi.nlstephen.levinson@mpi.nlhttp://www.mpi.nl/people/sauter-disahttp://www.mpi.nl/people/levinson-stephen
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Abstract

Differentiation of the forms and functions of different smiles is needed, but they should be based on the empirical data on distinctions that senders and receivers make and on the physical cues that are employed. Such data would allow for a test of whether smiles can be differentiated using perceptual cues alone or whether mimicry or simulation are necessary.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 457 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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