Effects of Tearing on the Perception of Facial Expressions of Emotion

What is the function of emotional tearing? Previous work has found a tear effect, which resolves ambiguity in neutral expressions and increases perceptions of sadness in sad expressions. Tearing, however, is associated with a variety of emotional states, and it remains unclear how the tear effect ge...

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Main Authors: Lawrence Ian Reed, Paul Deutchman, Karen L. Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-11-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704915613915