Studying the Dynamics of Emotional Expression Using Synthesized Facial Muscle Movements

Article Article scientifique Article Studying the Dynamics of Emotional Expression Using Synthesized Facial Muscle Movements eng 2000 author Wehrle Thomas 93920 author Kaiser Wehrle Susanne 28837 author Schmidt Susanne 27073 author Scherer Klaus R. 0000-0001-9526-0144 22696 105-119 10.1037//0022-3514.78.1.105 0022-3514 Synthetic images of facial expressions were used to assess whether judges can correctly recognize emotions exclusively on the basis of configurations of facial muscle movements. A first study showed that static, synthetic images modeled after a series of photographs that are widely used in facial expression research yielded recognition rates and confusion patterns comparable to posed photos. In a second study, animated synthetic images were used to examine whether schematic facial expressions consisting entirely of theoretically postulated facial muscle configurations can be correctly recognized. Recognition rates for the synthetic expressions were far above chance, and the confusion patterns were comparable to those obtained with posed photos. In addition, the effect of static versus dynamic presentation of the expressions was studied. Dynamic presentation increased overall recognition accuracy and reduced confusions between unrelated emotions. Dynamics Emotional expression Dewey 150 108 Section de psychologie 71 false 1241 Affective sciences Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 78 1 609d880d-fcd2-4630-8f6c-f5f6cfc6217b Article (Published version) Public JPSP2000.pdf 1971062 application/pdf openAccess Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie

Title	Published in	Access level	OA Policy	Year	Views	Downloads

Studying the Dynamics of Emotional Expression Using Synthesized Facial Muscle Movements	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology			2000	535	1,637

Archive ouverte UNIGE

Schmidt, Susanne