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Can we really leave gender out of it? Individual differences and the Simulation of Smiles model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Elizabeth Simpson  and
Dorothy Fragaszy
Elizabeth Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013. [email protected]@uga.eduhttp://simpsone.myweb.uga.edu/http://psychology.uga.edu/people/bios/faculty/Dorothy_M_Fragaszy.php
Dorothy Fragaszy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3013. [email protected]@uga.eduhttp://simpsone.myweb.uga.edu/http://psychology.uga.edu/people/bios/faculty/Dorothy_M_Fragaszy.php
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Abstract

Gender differences in face-based emotion recognition, notably differential use of mimicry, may compromise the extent to which the Simulation of Smiles (SIMS) model can be generalized to populations besides the adult females on which it has been tested. Much work indicates sex differences in face-based emotion recognition, including smile recognition.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 459 - 460
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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