Emotional Empathy and Facial Mimicry for Static and Dynamic Facial Expressions of Fear and Disgust.

ABSTRACT: Facial mimicry is the tendency to imitate the emotional facial expressions of others. Increasing evidence suggests that the perception of dynamic displays leads to enhanced facial mimicry, especially for happiness and anger. However, little is known about the impact of dynamic stimuli on facial mimicry for fear and disgust. To investigate this issue, facial EMG responses were recorded in the corrugator supercilii, levator labii, and lateral frontalis muscles, while participants viewed static (photos) and dynamic (videos) facial emotional expressions. Moreover, we tested whether emotional empathy modulated facial mimicry for emotional facial expressions. In accordance with our predictions, the highly empathic group responded with larger activity in the corrugator supercilii and levator labi

SUBMITTER: Rymarczyk K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120108 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature