The role of facial movements in emotion recognition

EG Krumhuber, LI Skora, HCH Hill… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Most past research on emotion recognition has used photographs of posed expressions
intended to depict the apex of the emotional display. Although these studies have provided …

Is the putative mirror neuron system associated with empathy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Bekkali, GJ Youssef, PH Donaldson… - Neuropsychology …, 2021 - Springer
Theoretical perspectives suggest that the mirror neuron system (MNS) is an important
neurobiological contributor to empathy, yet empirical support is mixed. Here, we adopt a …

Facial mimicry, empathy, and emotion recognition: a meta-analysis of correlations

AC Holland, G O'Connell, I Dziobek - Cognition and Emotion, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A number of prominent theories have linked tendencies to mimick others' facial
movements to empathy and facial emotion recognition, but evidence for such links is …

[HTML][HTML] From face to face: the contribution of facial mimicry to cognitive and emotional empathy

H Drimalla, N Landwehr, U Hess… - Cognition and Emotion, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Despite advances in the conceptualisation of facial mimicry, its role in the processing of
social information is a matter of debate. In the present study, we investigated the relationship …

Blocking facial mimicry affects recognition of facial and body expressions

S Borgomaneri, C Bolloni, P Sessa, A Avenanti - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Facial mimicry is commonly defined as the tendency to imitate—at a sub-threshold level—
facial expressions of other individuals. Numerous studies support a role of facial mimicry in …

Influence of child and adult faces with face masks on emotion perception and facial mimicry

T Kastendieck, N Dippel, J Asbrand, U Hess - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Emotional mimicry, the imitation of others' emotion expressions, is related to increased
interpersonal closeness and better interaction quality. Yet, little research has focused on the …

What is missing in the study of emotion expression?

E Straulino, C Scarpazza, L Sartori - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
While approaching celebrations for the 150 years of “The Expression of the Emotions in Man
and Animals”, scientists' conclusions on emotion expression are still debated. Emotion …

Emotional empathy and facial mimicry for static and dynamic facial expressions of fear and disgust

K Rymarczyk, Ł Żurawski, K Jankowiak-Siuda… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Empathy in facial mimicry of fear and disgust: simultaneous EMG-fMRI recordings during observation of static and dynamic facial expressions

K Rymarczyk, Ł Żurawski, K Jankowiak-Siuda… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Real-life faces are dynamic by nature, particularly when expressing emotion. Increasing
evidence suggests that the perception of dynamic displays enhances facial mimicry and …

Effects of positive and negative social feedback on motivation, evaluative learning, and socio-emotional processing

A Sobczak, N Bunzeck - npj Science of Learning, 2023 - nature.com
Social rewards and punishments are strong motivators. Since experimental work has
focused on young adults using simplistic feedback, the effects of more naturalistic stimuli on …