Although cultural beliefs about gender differences in emotional experience and expression are pervasive, empirical evidence does not always bear out those beliefs. This disjuncture has led scholars to argue for the examination of specific emotions in specific contexts in order to understand more...

Purpose – This paper proposes a new procedure for measuring affective responses during social interaction using facial thermographic imaging. Methodology – We first describe the results of several small pilot experiments designed to develop and refine this new measure that reveal some of the...