Abstract
Early emotion perception research defined specific combinations of facial movements that signalled specific emotional expressions. It was assumed that these combinations of facial actions would be effortlessly read by observers as the intended expression regardless of who was expressing the emotion, and where and when the expression was encountered. I will present a body of work demonstrating that emotional expressions are recognised in their context. Many aspects of a person and the context they are encountered in can be incorporated into our judgements of others emotional states. These include facial and contextual cues that signal social group memberships (e.g., race, sex, age) as well as other socially significant person attributes (e.g., attractiveness, facial hair, and character information). I will also present work demonstrating that these influences are relative, flexible, and dependent on the social information that is most salient in a given context
Original language | English |
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Pages | 22 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 6th Australasian Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience Annual Conference - Newcastle, Australia Duration: 18 Jun 2019 → 19 Jun 2019 Conference number: 6th |
Conference
Conference | 6th Australasian Society for Social & Affective Neuroscience Annual Conference |
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Abbreviated title | AS4SAN |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Newcastle |
Period | 18/06/19 → 19/06/19 |