The Enfacement Illusion Is Not Affected by Negative Facial Expressions.

Enfacement is an illusion wherein synchronous visual and tactile inputs update the mental representation of one's own face to assimilate another person's face. Emotional facial expressions, serving as communicative signals, may influence enfacement by increasing the observer's motivat...

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Main Authors: Brianna Beck, Flavia Cardini, Elisabetta Làdavas, Caterina Bertini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4546364?pdf=render