Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns
Recent research on intense real-life faces has shown that although there was an objective difference in facial activities between intense winning faces and losing faces, viewers failed to differentiate the valence of such expressions. In the present study, we explored whether participants could perc...
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| description | Recent research on intense real-life faces has shown that although there was an objective difference in facial activities between intense winning faces and losing faces, viewers failed to differentiate the valence of such expressions. In the present study, we explored whether participants could perceive the difference between intense positive facial expressions and intense negative facial expressions in a forced-choice response task using eye-tracking techniques. Behavioral results showed that the recognition accuracy rate for intense facial expressions was significantly above the chance level. For eye-movement patterns, the results indicated that participants gazed more and longer toward the upper facial region (eyes) than the lower region (mouth) for intense losing faces. However, the gaze patterns were reversed for intense winning faces. The eye movement pattern for successful differentiation trials did not differ from failed differentiation trials. These findings provided preliminary evidence that viewers can utilize intense facial expression information and perceive the difference between intense winning faces and intense losing faces produced by tennis players in a forced-choice response task. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86f6cec3eb7f465e8897b07720ff81922024-03-27T13:21:26ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2024-02-0114318510.3390/bs14030185Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement PatternsLeyu Huang0Tongtong Zhu1Jiaotao Cai2Yan Sun3Yanmei Wang4School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaShanghai Changning Mental Health Center, Shanghai 200335, ChinaSchool of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, ChinaRecent research on intense real-life faces has shown that although there was an objective difference in facial activities between intense winning faces and losing faces, viewers failed to differentiate the valence of such expressions. In the present study, we explored whether participants could perceive the difference between intense positive facial expressions and intense negative facial expressions in a forced-choice response task using eye-tracking techniques. Behavioral results showed that the recognition accuracy rate for intense facial expressions was significantly above the chance level. For eye-movement patterns, the results indicated that participants gazed more and longer toward the upper facial region (eyes) than the lower region (mouth) for intense losing faces. However, the gaze patterns were reversed for intense winning faces. The eye movement pattern for successful differentiation trials did not differ from failed differentiation trials. These findings provided preliminary evidence that viewers can utilize intense facial expression information and perceive the difference between intense winning faces and intense losing faces produced by tennis players in a forced-choice response task.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/3/185intense facial expressionwinning faceslosing facesforced-choice response taskeye tracking |
| spellingShingle | Leyu Huang Tongtong Zhu Jiaotao Cai Yan Sun Yanmei Wang Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns Behavioral Sciences intense facial expression winning faces losing faces forced-choice response task eye tracking |
| title | Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns |
| title_full | Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns |
| title_fullStr | Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns |
| title_short | Can Perceivers Differentiate Intense Facial Expressions? Eye Movement Patterns |
| title_sort | can perceivers differentiate intense facial expressions eye movement patterns |
| topic | intense facial expression winning faces losing faces forced-choice response task eye tracking |
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