Biological substrates of empathy and facial modulation of Emotion: Two facets of the scientific legacy of John Lanzetta

Journal/Book: Motiv Emotion. 1996; 20: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. Plenum Publ Corp. 185-204.

Abstract: The impact of John Lanzetta's emotion research on our understanding of the interplay between psychological and physiological processes in emotion is examined. Lanzetta's work in two areas is reviewed along with related work by others. The first area concerns the biological substrates of empathy. Here Lanzetta studied emotional contagion and in particular the conditions under which viewing another person's emotions can cause expressive and physiological changes in the observer The second area concerns the facial modulation of emotion. Here Lanzetta studied the capacity of voluntary facial expression to alter the physiological and subjective aspects of emotion. The article closes with a personal reflection on Lanzetta as a scientist and as a person.

Note: Article Levenson RW, Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Psychol, 3210 Tolman Hall, Berkeley,CA 94720 USA

Keyword(s): NERVOUS-SYSTEM ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS; EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; AUTONOMIC RESPONSES; MARITAL INTERACTION; PERSONAL DISTRESS; SELF-REPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; IMITATION

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