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Facial expression of emotion

Facial expression of emotion. Facial expression. Darwin (1872) catalogued facial expressions He emphasized their universal nature And emotions as signals E.g., bowlers do not smile when they get a strike they smile when they turn around to see other watching them (Kraut & Johnston, 1979).

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Facial expression of emotion

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  1. Facial expression of emotion

  2. Facial expression • Darwin (1872) catalogued facial expressions • He emphasized their universal nature • And emotions as signals • E.g., bowlers do not smile when they get a strike they smile when they turn around to see other watching them (Kraut & Johnston, 1979)

  3. Evolution of facial expressions Anger = open mouth threat, display Fear = grimace, silent bared teeth, nervous grin Happy = Chimpanzee play face Disgust ? ejection of bad food, wrinkling nose to bad smell Sad? Surprise? Interest raised eyebrows to see more

  4. Basic Emotion

  5. Emotion in Infancy

  6. From: www.bushorchimp.com Similarities in facial expression across closely related species?

  7. Facial Expression of Emotion • Emission • Cross cultural similarity of expressions. Papua New Guinea “imagine your child died” (Ekman & Friesen 1975) • Cultural differences in frequency of expression • Japanese less negative expressions in society (Matsumoto et al 1988)

  8. Universal Expressions? (Papua New Guinea)

  9. Facial Expression of Emotion • Emission • Cross cultural similarity of expressions and causes • Deaf and blind children’s expressions are normal • Therefore production of expressions is innate (Darwin) • Comprehension • Universal interpretation of 6 basic emotions (Ekman) • happy, sad, angry, fear, surprise, disgust,

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