Department of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Emotion. 2011 Dec;11(6):1406-14. doi: 10.1037/a0023578. Epub 2011 Jun 27.
Recent studies have demonstrated that context can dramatically influence the recognition of basic facial expressions, yet the nature of this phenomenon is largely unknown. In the present paper we begin to characterize the underlying process of face-context integration. Specifically, we examine whether it is a relatively controlled or automatic process. In Experiment 1 participants were motivated and instructed to avoid using the context while categorizing contextualized facial expression, or they were led to believe that the context was irrelevant. Nevertheless, they were unable to disregard the context, which exerted a strong effect on their emotion recognition. In Experiment 2, participants categorized contextualized facial expressions while engaged in a concurrent working memory task. Despite the load, the context exerted a strong influence on their recognition of facial expressions. These results suggest that facial expressions and their body contexts are integrated in an unintentional, uncontrollable, and relatively effortless manner.
最近的研究表明，语境可以极大地影响基本面部表情的识别，但这种现象的本质在很大程度上尚不清楚。在本文中，我们开始描述面部语境整合的潜在过程。具体来说，我们研究它是一个相对受控的还是自动的过程。在实验 1 中，参与者被激励并被指示在分类语境化面部表情时避免使用语境，或者他们被引导相信语境是无关的。然而，他们无法忽视语境，语境对他们的情绪识别产生了强烈的影响。在实验 2 中，参与者在进行同时进行的工作记忆任务的同时对语境化的面部表情进行分类。尽管任务有一定的负荷，语境对他们对面部表情的识别仍有强烈的影响。这些结果表明，面部表情及其身体语境是以一种无意识、不可控且相对不费力的方式整合的。
