Evidence does not support the claim that observers universally recognize basic emotions from signals on face. The percentage of who matched face with predicted emotion (matching score) is universal, but varies culture and language. Matching scores are also inflated by commonly used methods: within-subject design; posed, exaggerated facial expressions (devoid context); multiple examples each type expression; a response format funnels variety interpretations into one word specified...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought rapid changes to travel, learning environments, work conditions, and social support, which caused stress for many University students. Research with young people has revealed music listening be among their most effective strategies coping stress. As such, this survey of 402 first-year Australian students (73.9% female,

The beard is arguably one of the most obvious signals masculinity in humans. Almost 150 years ago, Darwin suggested that beards evolved to communicate formidability other males, but no studies have investigated whether enhance recognition threatening expressions, such as anger. We found presence a increased speed and accuracy with which participants recognized displays anger not happiness (Experiment 1, N = 219). This effect was due negative evaluations shared by beardedness or stereotypes...

We adapted a previous protocol to assess children's ability spontaneously associate novel cause with emotional expression. An experimenter opened series of boxes and generated an expression based on what was inside (the the emotion). Participants (4- 9-year-olds; N = 72) guessed saw from four possible objects linked expressions: stickers (happy), broken balloon (sad), spider (scared), object, pax (novel puffed cheeks expression). Children were then invited open generate expressions for...

The accuracy and speed with which emotional facial expressions are identified is influenced by body postures. Two influential models predict that these congruency effects will be largest when the emotion displayed in face similar to body: seed model dimensional model. These differ whether similarity based on physical characteristics or underlying dimensions of valence arousal. Using a 3-alternative forced-choice task stimuli were presented briefly (Exp 1a) for an unlimited time 1b) we...

A growing literature shows that body postures influence recognition of static facial expressions; a fearful face, for example, is perceived as angry when presented on an posture. In daily life, however, people conveying emotions are moving. Here we provide the first examination such congruency effects stimuli with naturalistic movement. Adults and children were asked to label expression in or dynamic whole-person displays comprising congruent (e.g., sad face body) incongruent expressions....

Abstract Oxytocin (OT) alters social cognition partly through effects on the processing and appraisal of faces. It is debated whether hormone also impacts other, non-social, visual stimuli. To this end, we conducted a randomized, counter-balanced, double-blind, placebo (PL)-controlled within-subjects’ electro-encephalography (EEG) study with cismale participants (to control for gender dimorphic hormonal effects; n = 37). Participants received intranasal OT (24IU) completed one-back task...

Prior research has identified a facial expression for positive pride, but no negative hubris. In the present study, professional actors created expressions intended to convey Study 1 (N = 52), participants were shown dynamic and attributed confidence, valence, personality traits pride expression, conceit, neutral hubris expression. 2 60), more likely attribute conceit than static one; such difference was found pride.

Human visual systems have evolved to extract ecologically relevant information from complex scenery. In some cases, the face in crowd search task demonstrates an anger superiority effect, where is allocated preferential attention. Across three studies (N = 419), we tested whether facial hair guides attention and influences speed of detecting angry happy expressions large arrays faces. Study 1, participants were faster through clean-shaven crowds detect bearded targets than targets. 2, faces...

Past studies found that, for preschoolers, a story specifying situational cause and behavioural consequence is better cue to fear disgust than the facial expression of those two emotions, but expressions used were static. Two (Study 1: N = 68, 36–68 months; Study 2: 72, 49–90 months) tested whether this effect could be reversed when dynamic included facial, postural, vocal cues. Children freely labelled emotions in three conditions: story, still face, expression. Story remained face or also...

Previous research on the development of emotion recognition in music has focused classical, rather than popular music. Such does not consider impact lyrics judgements music, that may differ throughout development. We had 172 children, adolescents, and adults (7- to 20-year-olds) judge emotions In song excerpts, melody either congruent valence (e.g. happy melody), or incongruent scared lyrics, melody). also examined participants' vocal bursts, whether identification was linked lexicon....

Prior research suggested that pride is recognized only when a head and facial expression (e.g., tilted with slight smile) combined postural expanded body arm gestures). However, these studies used static photographs. In the present research, participants labeled emotion conveyed by four dynamic cues to pride, presented as video clips: face alone, posture voice an in which face, posture, were simultaneously. Participants attributed even or vocal information was absent. Pride can be without voice.