Thrill of Victory or Agony of Defeat? Perceivers Fail to Utilize Information in Facial Movements

被引:20
作者
Aviezer, Hillel [1 ]
Messinger, Daniel S. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Zangvil, Shiri [1 ]
Mattson, Whitney I. [2 ]
Gangi, Devon N. [2 ]
Todorov, Alexander [5 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, Dept Psychol, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Univ Miami, Dept Psychol, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
[3] Univ Miami, Dept Pediat, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
[4] Univ Miami, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
[5] Princeton Univ, Dept Psychol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院; 美国国家科学基金会; 以色列科学基金会;
关键词
facial expressions; facial valence; intense emotions; EXPRESSIONS; EMOTION; PERCEPTION; SMILES; PRIDE; FACES; JUDGMENTS; LANGUAGE; DYNAMICS; CONTEXT;
D O I
10.1037/emo0000073
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Although the distinction between positive and negative facial expressions is assumed to be clear and robust, recent research with intense real-life faces has shown that viewers are unable to reliably differentiate the valence of such expressions (Aviezer, Trope, & Todorov, 2012). Yet, the fact that viewers fail to distinguish these expressions does not in itself testify that the faces are physically identical. In Experiment 1, the muscular activity of victorious and defeated faces was analyzed. Higher numbers of individually coded facial actions-particularly smiling and mouth opening-were more common among winners than losers, indicating an objective difference in facial activity. In Experiment 2, we asked whether supplying participants with valid or invalid information about objective facial activity and valence would alter their ratings. Notwithstanding these manipulations, valence ratings were virtually identical in all groups, and participants failed to differentiate between positive and negative faces. While objective differences between intense positive and negative faces are detectable, human viewers do not utilize these differences in determining valence. These results suggest a surprising dissociation between information present in expressions and information used by perceivers.
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页码:791 / 797
页数:7
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