Are spontaneous expressions and emotions linked? An experimental test of coherence

Author(s): Sanchez, F., Carrera, P., RuizBelda, M. A.

Journal/Book: J Nonverbal Behav. 1997; 21: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013-1578. Human Sci Press Inc. 163-177.

Abstract: We measured facial behaviors shown by participants in a laboratory study in which a film was used to elicit intense emotions. Participants provided subjective reports of their emotions and their faces were recorded by a concealed camera. We did not find the coherence claimed by other authors (e.g., Rosenberg & Ekman, 1994) between the displayed facial expressions and subjective reports of emotion. We thus concluded that certain emotions are not a necessary or sufficient precondition of certain spontaneous expressions.

Note: Article VS-Card FernandezDols JM, Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Psicol, E-28049 Madrid, SPAIN

Keyword(s): FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

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