a Department of Psychology , Laurentian University , Sudbury , Ontario , Canada.
Cogn Emot. 2014 Apr;28(3):416-32. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2013.833500. Epub 2013 Sep 18.
The present study aimed to clarify the role played by the eye/brow and mouth areas in the recognition of the six basic emotions. In Experiment 1, accuracy was examined while participants viewed partial and full facial expressions; in Experiment 2, participants viewed full facial expressions while their eye movements were recorded. Recognition rates were consistent with previous research: happiness was highest and fear was lowest. The mouth and eye/brow areas were not equally important for the recognition of all emotions. More precisely, while the mouth was revealed to be important in the recognition of happiness and the eye/brow area of sadness, results are not as consistent for the other emotions. In Experiment 2, consistent with previous studies, the eyes/brows were fixated for longer periods than the mouth for all emotions. Again, variations occurred as a function of the emotions, the mouth having an important role in happiness and the eyes/brows in sadness. The general pattern of results for the other four emotions was inconsistent between the experiments as well as across different measures. The complexity of the results suggests that the recognition process of emotional facial expressions cannot be reduced to a simple feature processing or holistic processing for all emotions.
本研究旨在阐明眼部/眉部和嘴部区域在识别六种基本情绪中的作用。在实验 1 中，参与者观看部分和完整的面部表情，检验了准确性；在实验 2 中，参与者观看完整的面部表情，同时记录他们的眼动。识别率与先前的研究一致：快乐最高，恐惧最低。嘴部和眼部/眉部区域对于识别所有情绪并不具有同等重要性。更准确地说，虽然嘴部在识别快乐和悲伤时的眼部/眉部区域时很重要，但对于其他情绪的识别结果并不一致。在实验 2 中，与先前的研究一致，眼睛/眉毛在所有情绪上的注视时间都比嘴部长。同样，变化也因情绪而异，嘴部在快乐中起着重要作用，而眼睛/眉毛在悲伤中起着重要作用。其他四种情绪的总体结果模式在两个实验之间以及不同的测量指标上不一致。结果的复杂性表明，情绪面部表情的识别过程不能简化为所有情绪的简单特征处理或整体处理。
