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The Emotion-Based Inferences in Context (EBIC) Model

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This introductory chapter presents The Emotion-based Inferences in Context (EBIC) model. The model delineates the main factors and processes that are involved in social perception of emotions in a dyadic context. The EBIC model serves as an organizing structure for the different chapters of this book, each referring to a different aspect of the model.

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Hess, U., Hareli, S. (2019). The Emotion-Based Inferences in Context (EBIC) Model. In: Hess, U., Hareli, S. (eds) The Social Nature of Emotion Expression . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32968-6_1

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