Science Daily July 18, 2019
The general public and some scientists believe that there are unique facial expressions that reliably indicate six emotion categories: anger, sadness, happiness, disgust, fear, and surprise. But in reviewing more than 1,000 published findings about facial movements and emotions, a team of researchers in the US (Northeastern University, Mass General Hospital, Caltech, the Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin) found that typical study designs don’t capture the real-life differences in the way people convey and interpret emotions on faces. They propose a new model for studying emotion-related responses in all their complexity and variations. This approach would measure not only facial cues, but also body movements, voice fluctuations, head movements and other indicators to capture such nuanced responses. The report’s conclusions have broad implications…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
Facial action ensembles for common-view facial expressions. Credit: Psychological Science in the Public Interest, DOI: 10.1177/1529100619832930