Matching Faces with Emotional Expressions

Frontiers in Psychology

Wenfeng Chen¹ 

关键词: facial expression;    identity recognition;    face matching;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00206

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

There is some evidence that faces with a happy expression are recognized better than faces with other expressions. However, little is known about whether this happy-face advantage also applies to perceptual face matching, and whether similar differences exist among other expressions. Using a sequential matching paradigm, we systematically compared the effects of seven basic facial expressions on identity recognition. Identity matching was quickest when a pair of faces had an identical happy/sad/neutral expression, poorer when they had a fearful/surprise/angry expression, and poorest when they had a disgust expression. Faces with a happy/sad/fear/surprise expression were matched faster than those with an anger/disgust expression when the second face in a pair had a neutral expression. These results demonstrate that effects of facial expression on identity recognition are not limited to happy-faces when a learned face is immediately tested. The results suggest different influences of expression in perceptual matching and long-term recognition memory.

【 授权许可】

CC BY