Professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographs

It has long been hypothesized that certain emotional states are universally expressed with specific facial movements. Here the authors provide evidence that facial expressions of those emotional states are, in fact, varied among individuals rather than stereotyped.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tuan Le Mau, Katie Hoemann, Sam H. Lyons, Jennifer M. B. Fugate, Emery N. Brown, Maria Gendron, Lisa Feldman Barrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25352-6