Contextualising facial expressions: The effect of temporal context and individual differences on classification.

ABSTRACT: The influence of context on facial expression classification is most often investigated using simple cues in static faces portraying basic expressions with a fixed emotional intensity. We examined (1) whether a perceptually rich, dynamic audiovisual context, presented in the form of movie clips (to achieve closer resemblance to real life), affected the subsequent classification of dynamic basic (happy) and non-basic (sarcastic) facial expressions and (2) whether people's susceptibility to contextual cues was related to their ability to classify facial expressions viewed in isolation. Participants classified facial expressions-gradually progressing from neutral to happy/sarcastic in increasing intensity-that followed movie clips. Classification was relatively more accurate and faster when t

SUBMITTER: Irwantoro K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature