Angry, Disgusted, or Afraid?

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02148.x
• Publication Date: 2008-07-19T18:41:17Z
• Authors: Hillel Aviezer; Ran R. Hassin; Jennifer Ryan; Cheryl Grady; Josh Susskind; Adam Anderson; Morris Moscovitch; Shlomo Bentin
• Keywords: Emotional expression; Expression (computer science)

Current theories of emotion perception posit that basic facial expressions signal categorically discrete emotions or affective dimensions valence and arousal. In both cases, the information is thought to be directly “read out” from face in a way largely immune context. contrast, three studies reported here demonstrated identical configurations convey strikingly different dimensional values depending on context which they are embedded. This effect modulated by similarity between target expression typically associated with Moreover, monitoring eye movements, we characteristic fixation patterns previously determined solely systematically emotional already at very early stages visual processing, even first time fixated. Our results indicate not invariant can altered perceptual levels.