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Facial Expressions Across the Life Span

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The topic of facial expressions occupies a central role in theory and research on emotion and emotional development. This chapter reviews studies of emotional facial expressions in infants, children, and adults conducted largely in the twenty-first century. Two themes emerge from this literature review. First, early theories of emotional facial expression proposed toward the end of the twentieth century require substantial modification. Second, multimodal coding systems for emotion are more desirable than coding systems that rely solely on facial expression. Directions for significant future research are highlighted.

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Camras, L.A. (2019). Facial Expressions Across the Life Span. In: LoBue, V., Pérez-Edgar, K., Buss, K.A. (eds) Handbook of Emotional Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17332-6_5

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