Rapid Emotional Contagion and Expressive Congruence Under Strong Test Conditions |
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| Authors: | David A. Lishner Amy B. Cooter David H. Zald |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901, USA;(2) Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, 500 South State, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;(3) Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 111, 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA |
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The present research examined whether the observation of emotional expressions rapidly induces congruent emotional experiences and facial responses in observers under strong test conditions. Specifically, participants rated their emotional reactions after (a) single, brief exposures of (b) a range of human emotional facial expressions that included (c) a neutral face comparison using a procedure designed to (d) minimize potential experimental demand. Even with these strong test conditions in place, participants reported discrete expression-congruent changes in emotional experience. Participants’ Corrugator supercilii facial muscle activity immediately following the presentation of an emotional expression appeared to reflect expressive congruence with the observed expression and a response indicative of the amount of cognitive load necessary to interpret the observed expression. The complexity of the C. supercilii response suggests caution in using facial muscle activity as a nonverbal measure of emotional contagion. |
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| Keywords: | Emotional contagion Emotional expressions Expressive congruence Cognitive load Mimicry EMG |
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