Department of Psychology, University of Kansas.
Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis.
J Sex Res. 2021 Feb;58(2):137-145. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2020.1805583. Epub 2020 Sep 3.
Internal states may be conveyed to others nonverbally through facial expression. We investigated the existence of a particular facial cue that may be effectively used by women to indicate interest in a man. Across six studies, men generally recognized a female facial expression as representing flirting. Flirtatious expressions receiving low recognition by men differed in morphology from the highly recognized flirting expressions. The discrepancies are indicative of individual differences among women in effectively conveying a flirtatious facial cue and among men in recognizing this cue. The morphology of the highly recognized flirtatious facial expressions, coded using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), included: a head turned to one side and tilted down slightly, a slight smile, and eyes turned forward (toward the implied target). Results from experimental studies showed that flirtatious facial expressions, as compared with happy or neutral expressions, led to faster identification of sex words by men. These findings support the role of flirtatious expression in communication and mating initiation.
内部状态可能通过面部表情非言语地传达给他人。我们研究了是否存在一种特定的面部暗示，女性可以有效地用它来表示对男性的兴趣。在六项研究中，男性通常会识别出女性的面部表情代表调情。男性识别度较低的调情表情在形态上与高度识别的调情表情不同。这些差异表明，女性在有效地传达调情面部暗示方面存在个体差异，而男性在识别这种暗示方面也存在个体差异。高度识别的调情面部表情的形态，使用面部动作编码系统（FACS）进行编码，包括：头部向一侧倾斜并稍微向下倾斜，微微的微笑，以及眼睛向前看（朝向隐含的目标）。实验研究的结果表明，与快乐或中性表情相比，调情的面部表情会让男性更快地识别出与性相关的词汇。这些发现支持了调情表情在交流和求爱中的作用。
