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Robert Kleck

Robert Kleck

Professor Robert Kleck has research interests in nonverbal communication (encoding and decoding of affect-related expressive behavior and its relationship to physiological and social outcomes), interpersonal attraction and expressive behavior, and the effects of physical appearance on social interaction. His recent research, done largely in collaboration with Reginald Adams and Ursula Hess, has focused on facial changes associated with aging and the implication of these changes for how emotions are perceived in the elderly.

Primary Interests:

  • Communication, Language
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
  • Nonverbal Behavior
  • Persuasion, Social Influence

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Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Adams, R.B., Jr., Ambady, N., Macrae, C. N., & Kleck, R. E. (2006). Emotional Expressions Forecast Approach-Avoidance Behavior. Motivation & Emotion, 30, 177-186.
  • Adams, R. B., Jr., Franklin, R. G., Kveraga, K., Ambady, N., Kleck, R. E. (2012). Amygdala responses to averted vs. direct gaze fear vary as a function of presentation speed. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 7, 568-577.
  • Adams, R. B., Jr., Franklin, R. G., Nelson, A. J., Gordon, H. L., Kleck, R. E., Whalen, P. J., & Ambady, N. (2011). Differentially tuned responses to restricted versus prolonged awareness of threat: A preliminary fMRI. Brain and Cognition, 77, 113-119
  • Adams, R. B. Jr., Hess, U., Kleck, R. E. (in press). The Intersection of Gender-Related Facial Appearance and Facial Displays of Emotion. Emotion Review
  • Adams, R.B., Jr., & Kleck, R.E. (2005). The effects of direct and averted gaze on the perception of facially communicated emotion. Emotion, 5, 3-11.
  • Adams, R. B., Jr., & Kleck, R. E. (2003). Perceived gaze direction and the processing of facial displays of emotion. Psychological Science, 14, 644-647.
  • Hebl, M. R., & Kleck, R. E. (2001). Acknowlewdging one's stigma in the interview setting: Effective strategy or liability. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
  • Hess, U., Adams, J. B., Jr., Grammer, K., & Kleck, R. E. (2009). Face, gender and emotion expression. Journal of Vision, 9(12):19, 1-8.
  • Hess, U., Adams, J. B., Jr., & Kleck, R. E. (2009). The categorical perception of emotions and traits. Social Cognition, 27, 319-325.
  • Hess, U., Adams, Jr, R.B., & Kleck, R.E. (2009). The face is not an empty canvas: How facial expressions interact with facial appearance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B, 364, 497-3504.
  • Hess, U., Adams, R.B., Jr., & Kleck, R.E. (2004). Dominance, gender and emotion expression. Emotion, 4, 378-388.
  • Hess, U., Adams, R. B., Simard, A., Stevenson, M. T., & Kleck, R. E. (2012). Smiling and sad wrinkles: Age-related changes in the face and the perception of emotions and intentions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1377-1380
  • Hess, U., Blairy, S., & Kleck, R.E. (2000). The intensity of emotional facial expressions and decoding accuracy. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 21, 241-257.
  • Hess, U., Sabourin, G., Kleck, R. E. (2007). Postauricular and eye-blink startle responses to facial expressions. Psychophysiology, 44, 431-435.
  • Hess, U., Thibault, Adams, R. B., Jr., & Kleck, R. E. (2010). The influence of gender, social roles and facial appearance on perceived emotionality. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 1310−1317
  • Marsh, A. A., Adams, R.B., Jr., & Kleck, R.E. (2005). Why do fear and anger look the way they do? Form and social function in facial expressions. Personality and Social Psychological Bulletin, 31, 73-86.
  • Marsh, A. A., Kleck, R., E., & Ambady, N. (2004). The effects of fear and anger facial expressions on approach- and avoidance-related behaviors. Emotion.
  • Whalen, P.J. & Kleck, R.E. (2008). The shape of faces (to come). Nature Neuroscience, 11, 739-740

Other Publications:

  • Hess, U., Adams, R. B., Jr., & Kleck, R. E. (2004). When two do the same it might not mean the same: The perception of emotional expressions shown by men and women. In U. Hess & P. Philippot (Eds.), Group Dynamics and Emotional Expression. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Interpersonal communication
  • Introductory Psychology

Robert Kleck
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Dartmouth College
6207 Moore Hall
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
United States of America

  • Work: (603) 646-3181
  • Mobile: 336-340-1834

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