How context influences the interpretation of facial expressions: a source localization high-density EEG study on the "Kuleshov effect".

ABSTRACT: Few studies have explored the specificities of contextual modulations of the processing of facial expressions at a neuronal level. This study fills this gap by employing an original paradigm, based on a version of the filmic "Kuleshov effect". High-density EEG was recorded while participants watched film sequences consisting of three shots: the close-up of a target person's neutral face (Face_1), the scene that the target person was looking at (happy, fearful, or neutral), and another close-up of the same target person's neutral face (Face_2). The participants' task was to rate both valence and arousal, and subsequently to categorize the target person's emotional state. The results indicate that despite a significant behavioural 'context' effect, the electrophysiological indexes still indi

SUBMITTER: Calbi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376122 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature