Facial mimicry and metacognitive judgments in emotion recognition are distinctly modulated by social anxiety and autistic traits.

ABSTRACT: Facial mimicry as well as the accurate assessment of one's performance when judging others' emotional expressions have been suggested to inform successful emotion recognition. Differences in the integration of these two information sources might explain alterations in the perception of others' emotions in individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder and individuals on the autism spectrum. Using a non-clinical sample (N = 57), we examined the role of social anxiety and autistic traits in the link between facial mimicry, or confidence in one's performance, and emotion recognition. While participants were presented with videos of spontaneous emotional facial expressions, we measured their facial muscle activity, asked them to label the expressions and indicate their confidence in accurately label

SUBMITTER: Folz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10272184 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature