Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition.
Micro-expressions are often embedded in a flow of expressions including both neutral and other facial expressions. However, it remains unclear whether the types of facial expressions appearing before and after the micro-expression, i.e., the emotional context, influence micro-expression recognition....
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| description | Micro-expressions are often embedded in a flow of expressions including both neutral and other facial expressions. However, it remains unclear whether the types of facial expressions appearing before and after the micro-expression, i.e., the emotional context, influence micro-expression recognition. To address this question, the present study used a modified METT (Micro-Expression Training Tool) paradigm that required participants to recognize the target micro-expressions presented briefly between two identical emotional faces. The results of Experiments 1 and 2 showed that negative context impaired the recognition of micro-expressions regardless of the duration of the target micro-expression. Stimulus-difference between the context and target micro-expression was accounted for in Experiment 3. Results showed that a context effect on micro-expression recognition persists even when the stimulus similarity between the context and target micro-expressions was controlled. Therefore, our results not only provided evidence for the context effect on micro-expression recognition but also suggested that the context effect might result from both the stimulus and valence differences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6675603f371e4150a03e3d7c2b44b9ef2022-12-21T17:48:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0194e9501810.1371/journal.pone.0095018Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition.Ming ZhangQiufang FuYu-Hsin ChenXiaolan FuMicro-expressions are often embedded in a flow of expressions including both neutral and other facial expressions. However, it remains unclear whether the types of facial expressions appearing before and after the micro-expression, i.e., the emotional context, influence micro-expression recognition. To address this question, the present study used a modified METT (Micro-Expression Training Tool) paradigm that required participants to recognize the target micro-expressions presented briefly between two identical emotional faces. The results of Experiments 1 and 2 showed that negative context impaired the recognition of micro-expressions regardless of the duration of the target micro-expression. Stimulus-difference between the context and target micro-expression was accounted for in Experiment 3. Results showed that a context effect on micro-expression recognition persists even when the stimulus similarity between the context and target micro-expressions was controlled. Therefore, our results not only provided evidence for the context effect on micro-expression recognition but also suggested that the context effect might result from both the stimulus and valence differences.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988169?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Ming Zhang Qiufang Fu Yu-Hsin Chen Xiaolan Fu Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. PLoS ONE |
| title | Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. |
| title_full | Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. |
| title_fullStr | Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. |
| title_short | Emotional context influences micro-expression recognition. |
| title_sort | emotional context influences micro expression recognition |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988169?pdf=render |
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