TITLE:
Static and Dynamic Presentation of Emotions in Different Facial Areas: Fear and Surprise Show Influences of Temporal and Spatial Properties
AUTHORS:
Holger Hoffmann, Harald C. Traue, Kerstin Limbrecht-Ecklundt, Steffen Walter, Henrik Kessler
KEYWORDS:
Emotion Recognition; Facial Expressions; Static vs. Dynamic
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.4 No.8,
August
12,
2013
ABSTRACT: For the
presentation of facially expressed emotions in experimental settings a sound
knowledge about stimulus properties is pivotal. We hence conducted two
experiments to investigate the influence of temporal (static versus dynamic)
and spatial (upper versus lower half of the face) properties of facial emotion
stimuli on recognition accuracy. In the first experiment, different results
were found for the six emotions examined (anger, disgust, fear, happiness,
sadness and surprise). Fear and surprise were more accurately recognized when
using dynamic stimuli. In the second experiment using only dynamic
presentations, recognition rates between upper and lower face varied
significantly for most emotions with fear and happiness only being detectable
in the upper or lower half respectively. The results suggest an emotion-specific
effect for the importance of the facial area.