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ERIC Number: EJ639754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
All Smiles Are Positive, but Some Smiles Are More Positive than Others.
Messinger, Daniel S.; Fogel, Alan; Dickson, K. Laurie
Developmental Psychology, v37 n5 p642-53 Sep 2001
Observed weekly 13 infants from 1 to 6 months of age to determine when they produced different types of smiling and other facial expressions. Found that the cheek-raise and open-mouth dimensions of smiling appear to be associated with, respectively, amplification of processes of sharing positive affect and of visual engagement present to a lesser degree in smiling alone. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Facial Expressions, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Emotional Expression; Smiling