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Le bon dieu est dans le detail: Is smiling the recognition of happiness?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

José-Miguel Fernández-Dols  and
Pilar Carrera
José-Miguel Fernández-Dols
Affiliation:
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. jose.dols@uam.es pilar.carrera@uam.es
Pilar Carrera
Affiliation:
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. jose.dols@uam.es pilar.carrera@uam.es
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Abstract

We question two conceptual assumptions made by Niedenthal et al.: the dichotomy between true and false smiles and the close tie between recognition and experience of emotion. An excessive dependence on everyday language suggests overly parsimonious accounts of a complex set of relations between smile, experience, and context.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 446 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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