Introduction to the Special Issue

Author(s): McHugo, G. J.

Journal/Book: Motiv Emotion. 1996; 20: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. Plenum Publ Corp. 79-84.

Abstract: This article provides an overview of the special issue of Motivation and Emotion, which will appear in two parts. This special issue examines the enduring contributions of the research of John T. Lanzetta and his colleagues on facial expression and emotion. In its entirety the special issue consists of five articles and an epilogue. Part 1 (this issue of Motivation and Emotion) consists of the first three articles, and Part 2 (to appear as part of the next issue of Motivation and Emotion) consists of the final two articles and the epilogue. The first article provides an in-depth review of the Lanzetta research program, and describes this program as developing along four distinct lines that, respectively, cover work on (a) the facial feedback hypothesis, (b) the power of facial expression as an emotionally evocative stimulus, (c) the role of facial expression in empathy and counter-empathy and (d) the relations between facial displays of powerful political leaders and observers' attitudes toward those leaders. Each of the subsequent four articles considers, in turn, the current status and future promise of one of these research lines as it has continued to grow and develop outside of the Lanzetta research program. Part 2 of the special issue concludes with an epilogue that highlights the major themes and conclusions that course through the entire body of research considered in this special issue.

Note: Editorial Smith CA, Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Psychol & Human Dev, Box 512 Peabody, Nashville,TN 37203 USA

Keyword(s): AUTONOMIC RESPONSES; POLITICAL LEADERS; DISPLAYS; EXTINCTION; AROUSAL; STIMULI; PAIN; FEAR

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