Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition
Smiles are the most commonly and frequently used facial expressions by human beings. Some scholars claimed that the low accuracy in recognizing genuine smiles is explained by the perceptual-attentional hypothesis, meaning that observers either did not pay attention to responsible cues or were unable...
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| author | Qian-Nan Ruan Jing Liang Jin-Yu Hong Wen-Jing Yan |
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| description | Smiles are the most commonly and frequently used facial expressions by human beings. Some scholars claimed that the low accuracy in recognizing genuine smiles is explained by the perceptual-attentional hypothesis, meaning that observers either did not pay attention to responsible cues or were unable to recognize these cues (usually the Duchenne marker or AU6 displaying as contraction of muscles in eye regions). We investigated whether training (instructing participants to pay attention either to the Duchenne mark or to mouth movement) might help improve the recognition of genuine smiles, including accuracy and confidence. Results indicated that attention to mouth movement improves these people’s ability to distinguish between genuine and posed smiles, with nullification of the alternative explanations such as sample distribution and intensity of lip pulling (AU12). The generalization of the conclusion requires further investigations. This study further argues that the perceptual-attentional hypothesis can explain smile genuineness recognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e391d3ed54145299ed8a46d39b202cd2022-12-22T02:44:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01126531193Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile RecognitionQian-Nan Ruan0Jing Liang1Jin-Yu Hong2Wen-Jing Yan3Wenzhou 7th People’s Hospital, Wenzhou, ChinaSchool of Educational Science, Ludong University, Yantai, ChinaCollege of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaCollege of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaSmiles are the most commonly and frequently used facial expressions by human beings. Some scholars claimed that the low accuracy in recognizing genuine smiles is explained by the perceptual-attentional hypothesis, meaning that observers either did not pay attention to responsible cues or were unable to recognize these cues (usually the Duchenne marker or AU6 displaying as contraction of muscles in eye regions). We investigated whether training (instructing participants to pay attention either to the Duchenne mark or to mouth movement) might help improve the recognition of genuine smiles, including accuracy and confidence. Results indicated that attention to mouth movement improves these people’s ability to distinguish between genuine and posed smiles, with nullification of the alternative explanations such as sample distribution and intensity of lip pulling (AU12). The generalization of the conclusion requires further investigations. This study further argues that the perceptual-attentional hypothesis can explain smile genuineness recognition.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01126/fullgenuine and posed smilesDuchenne markermouth movementperceptual-attentional hypothesisdynamic liptraining |
| spellingShingle | Qian-Nan Ruan Jing Liang Jin-Yu Hong Wen-Jing Yan Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition Frontiers in Psychology genuine and posed smiles Duchenne marker mouth movement perceptual-attentional hypothesis dynamic lip training |
| title | Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition |
| title_full | Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition |
| title_fullStr | Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition |
| title_short | Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition |
| title_sort | focusing on mouth movement to improve genuine smile recognition |
| topic | genuine and posed smiles Duchenne marker mouth movement perceptual-attentional hypothesis dynamic lip training |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01126/full |
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