Faces and bodies: perception and mimicry of emotionally congruent and incongruent facial and bodily expressions

Faces and bodies: perception and mimicry of emotionally congruent and incongruent facial and bodily expressions

Traditional emotion theories stress the importance of the face in the expression of emotions but bodily expressions are becoming increasingly important. Here we tested the hypothesis that similar physiological responses can be evoked by observing emotional face and body signals and that the reaction...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mariska eKret, Jeroen eStekelenburg, Karin eRoelofs, Beatrice eDe Gelder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Electromyography
facial expressions
scenes
fixations
pupil dilation
emotional body language
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00028/full

Internet

http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00028/full

Similar Items