Facial expressions are the core of our social life, but the exact mechanisms underlying their perception and interpretation are yet to be explained. The goal of this dissertation was to use the human smile as a case study in order to shed more light on the processing of facial expression. We first examined the role of eye contact and facial mimicry in the judgments of smiles. The findings revealed that smiles accompanied by eye contact have more emotional impact and elicit more corresponding smiling than smiles accompanied with averted gaze (Chapter 2). Moreover, studies involving children and adult participants (Chapter 3) show that facial mimicry is involved not only in perceptions of smile authenticity but also in the development of gene...
A limitation of much past research on facial expression of emotion is its focus on static facial ima...
In interpersonal encounters, individuals often exhibit changes in their own facial expressions in re...
This thesis describes a program of research designed to investigate the sensitivity of perceivers t...
Facial expressions are the core of our social life, but the exact mechanisms underlying their percep...
Bien que la perception et l’interprétation des expressions faciales soient critiques pour notre vie ...
What are the underlying processes that enable human beings to recognize a happy face? Clearly, featu...
The judgment that a smile is based on "true," usually positive, feelings affects social interaction....
This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence...
Niedenthal et al's classification of smiles erroneously conflates psychological mechanisms and adapt...
Understanding the very nature of the smile with an integrative approach and a novel model is a ferti...
Smiles are distinct and easily recognizable facial expressions, yet they markedly differ in their me...
International audienceRecent application of theories of embodied or grounded cognition to the recogn...
Recent research suggests that facial mimicry underlies accurate interpretation of subtle facial expr...
Niedenthal et al. postulate that eye contact with the expresser of an emotion automatically initiate...
The smile is the most frequent facial expression, but not all smiles are equal. A social functional ...
A limitation of much past research on facial expression of emotion is its focus on static facial ima...
In interpersonal encounters, individuals often exhibit changes in their own facial expressions in re...
This thesis describes a program of research designed to investigate the sensitivity of perceivers t...
Facial expressions are the core of our social life, but the exact mechanisms underlying their percep...
Bien que la perception et l’interprétation des expressions faciales soient critiques pour notre vie ...
What are the underlying processes that enable human beings to recognize a happy face? Clearly, featu...
The judgment that a smile is based on "true," usually positive, feelings affects social interaction....
This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence...
Niedenthal et al's classification of smiles erroneously conflates psychological mechanisms and adapt...
Understanding the very nature of the smile with an integrative approach and a novel model is a ferti...
Smiles are distinct and easily recognizable facial expressions, yet they markedly differ in their me...
International audienceRecent application of theories of embodied or grounded cognition to the recogn...
Recent research suggests that facial mimicry underlies accurate interpretation of subtle facial expr...
Niedenthal et al. postulate that eye contact with the expresser of an emotion automatically initiate...
The smile is the most frequent facial expression, but not all smiles are equal. A social functional ...
A limitation of much past research on facial expression of emotion is its focus on static facial ima...
In interpersonal encounters, individuals often exhibit changes in their own facial expressions in re...
This thesis describes a program of research designed to investigate the sensitivity of perceivers t...