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First Impression Misleads Emotion Recognition

Frontiers in psychology, 2019-03, Vol.10, p.527-527 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2019 Frontiers Research Foundation ;Copyright © 2019 Colonnello, Russo and Mattarozzi. 2019 Colonnello, Russo and Mattarozzi ;ISSN: 1664-1078 ;EISSN: 1664-1078 ;DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00527 ;PMID: 30949088

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  • Title:
    First Impression Misleads Emotion Recognition
  • Author: Colonnello, Valentina ; Russo, Paolo Maria ; Mattarozzi, Katia
  • Subjects: emotion recognition ; interpersonal interaction ; Psychology ; social behavior ; social perception ; trustworthiness
  • Is Part Of: Frontiers in psychology, 2019-03, Vol.10, p.527-527
  • Description: Recognition of others' emotions is a key life ability that guides one's own choices and behavior, and it hinges on the recognition of others' facial cues. Independent studies indicate that facial appearance-based evaluations affect social behavior, but little is known about how facial appearance-based trustworthiness evaluations influence the recognition of specific emotions. We tested the hypothesis that first impressions based on facial appearance affect the recognition of basic emotions. A total of 150 participants completed a dynamic emotion recognition task. In a within-subjects design, the participants viewed videos of individuals with trustworthy-looking, neutral, or untrustworthy-looking faces gradually and continuously displaying basic emotions (happiness, anger, fear, and sadness). The participants' accuracy and speed in recognizing the emotions were measured. Untrustworthy-looking faces decreased participants' emotion recognition accuracy and speed, across emotion types. In addition, faces that elicited a positive inference of trustworthiness enhanced emotion recognition speed of fear and sadness, emotional expressions that signal another's distress and modulate prosocial behavior. These findings suggest that facial appearance-based inferences may interfere with the ability to accurately and rapidly recognize others' basic emotions.
  • Publisher: Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1664-1078
    EISSN: 1664-1078
    DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00527
    PMID: 30949088
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