Read My Face: Automatic Facial Coding Versus Psychophysiological Indicators of Emotional Valence and Arousal.

ABSTRACT: Facial expressions provide insight into a person's emotional experience. To automatically decode these expressions has been made possible by tremendous progress in the field of computer vision. Researchers are now able to decode emotional facial expressions with impressive accuracy in standardized images of prototypical basic emotions. We tested the sensitivity of a well-established automatic facial coding software program to detect spontaneous emotional reactions in individuals responding to emotional pictures. We compared automatically generated scores for valence and arousal of the Facereader (FR; Noldus Information Technology) with the current psychophysiological gold standard of measuring emotional valence (Facial Electromyography, EMG) and arousal (Skin Conductance, SC). We recorded

SUBMITTER: Hofling TTA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7316962 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature