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.
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doaj-279a32d4e9da43169d651006e4fe814b2021-08-22T11:39:54ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-08-0112111310.1038/s41467-021-25352-6Professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographsTuan Le Mau0Katie Hoemann1Sam H. Lyons2Jennifer M. B. Fugate3Emery N. Brown4Maria Gendron5Lisa Feldman Barrett6Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenDepartment of Neurology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Psychology, University of Massachusetts at DartmouthDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Psychology, Yale UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Northeastern UniversityIt 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25352-6 |
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Professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographs |
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Professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographs |
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Professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographs |
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professional actors demonstrate variability, not stereotypical expressions, when portraying emotional states in photographs |
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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. |
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