Focusing on Mouth Movement to Improve Genuine Smile Recognition

Frontiers in Psychology

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Qian-Nan Ruan¹  Jing Liang²  Jin-Yu Hong³  Wen-Jing Yan³ 

[1] Wenzhou 7th People’s Hospital;School of Educational Science, Ludong University;College of Education, Wenzhou University

关键词: genuine and posed smiles;    Duchenne marker;    mouth movement;    perceptual-attentional hypothesis;    dynamic lip;    training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01126

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Smiles are the most commonly and frequently used facial expressions by human beings. Some scholars claimed that the low accuracy in recognizing genuine smiles is explained by the perceptual-attentional hypothesis, meaning that observers either did not pay attention to responsible cues or were unable to recognize these cues (usually the Duchenne marker or AU6 displaying as contraction of muscles in eye regions). We investigated whether training (instructing participants to pay attention either to the Duchenne mark or to mouth movement) might help improve the recognition of genuine smiles, including accuracy and confidence. Results indicated that attention to mouth movement improves these people’s ability to distinguish between genuine and posed smiles, with nullification of the alternative explanations such as sample distribution and intensity of lip pulling (AU12). The generalization of the conclusion requires further investigations. This study further argues that the perceptual-attentional hypothesis can explain smile genuineness recognition.

【 授权许可】

CC BY