Perception of Discrete Emotions in Others: Evidence for Distinct Facial Mimicry Patterns.

ABSTRACT: Covert facial mimicry involves subtle facial muscle activation in observers when they perceive the facial emotional expressions of others. It remains uncertain whether prototypical facial features in emotional expressions are being covertly mimicked and also whether covert facial mimicry involves distinct facial muscle activation patterns across muscles per emotion category, or simply distinguishes positive versus negative valence in observed facial emotions. To test whether covert facial mimicry is emotion-specific, we measured facial electromyography (EMG) from five muscle sites (corrugator supercilii, levator labii, frontalis lateralis, depressor anguli oris, zygomaticus major) whilst participants watched videos of people expressing 9 different basic and complex emotions and a neutral e

SUBMITTER: Wingenbach TSH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069962 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature