Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression
There is a wide debate on the mental state of doubt/uncertainty; one wonders whether it is a predominantly cognitive or emotional state of mind and whether typical facial expressions communicate doubt/uncertainty. To this purpose,through a role playing procedure, a large sample of expressions were c...
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| author | Pio E. Ricci Bitti Luisa Bonfiglioli Paolo Melani Roberto Caterina Pierluigi Garotti |
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| description | There is a wide debate on the mental state of doubt/uncertainty; one wonders whether it is a predominantly cognitive or emotional state of mind and whether typical facial expressions communicate doubt/uncertainty. To this purpose,through a role playing procedure, a large sample of expressions were collected and afterwards evaluated through a combination of encoding and decoding procedures,including also FACS (Facial Action Coding System) analysis. The results have partially confirmed our hypothesis, identifying two typical facial expressions of doubt/uncertainty, which share the same facial actions in the inferior part of the face and show differential facial actions in the upper face. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f012ed4a8cde41fdb3eb126288c26bf02022-12-21T23:48:58ZengUniversity of BolognaRicerche di Pedagogia e Didattica1970-22212014-04-019115917710.6092/issn.1970-2221/42963964Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expressionPio E. Ricci BittiLuisa BonfiglioliPaolo MelaniRoberto CaterinaPierluigi GarottiThere is a wide debate on the mental state of doubt/uncertainty; one wonders whether it is a predominantly cognitive or emotional state of mind and whether typical facial expressions communicate doubt/uncertainty. To this purpose,through a role playing procedure, a large sample of expressions were collected and afterwards evaluated through a combination of encoding and decoding procedures,including also FACS (Facial Action Coding System) analysis. The results have partially confirmed our hypothesis, identifying two typical facial expressions of doubt/uncertainty, which share the same facial actions in the inferior part of the face and show differential facial actions in the upper face.http://rpd.unibo.it/article/view/4296facial expressionsdoubtuncertaintycommunicationcognition |
| spellingShingle | Pio E. Ricci Bitti Luisa Bonfiglioli Paolo Melani Roberto Caterina Pierluigi Garotti Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica facial expressions doubt uncertainty communication cognition |
| title | Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression |
| title_full | Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression |
| title_fullStr | Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression |
| title_short | Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression |
| title_sort | expression and communication of doubt uncertainty through facial expression |
| topic | facial expressions doubt uncertainty communication cognition |
| url | http://rpd.unibo.it/article/view/4296 |
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