Post date: Nov 15, 2012 4:23:46 PM
Christopher Koch & Michael Broughal
Abstract. Contrary to Carney, Cuddy, and Yao (2010), Koch and Broughal (2011) found that posture did not influence the perception of facial emotions. The current study was conducted to examine other factors that might contribute to recognizing emotions. Specifically, four different training strategies were compared in order to determine the most effective method for improving the perception of facial emotions. Subjects were randomly assigned into the control, facial feedback, METT and SETT training, and facial feedback combined with METT and SETT training conditions. After the training session, subjects indicated the emotional expression on a series of static facial images. Results suggest that facial feedback plays a limited role in recognizing the facial emotions of others.
Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society