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  2. Facial feedback hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The facial feedback hypothesis, rooted in the conjectures of Charles Darwin and William James, is that one's facial expression directly affects their emotional experience. . Specifically, physiological activation of the facial regions associated with certain emotions holds a direct effect on the elicitation of such emotional states, and the lack of or inhibition of facial activation will ...

  3. Facial expression - Wikipedia

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    Voluntary facial expressions are often socially conditioned and follow a cortical route in the brain. Conversely, involuntary facial expressions are believed to be innate and follow a subcortical route in the brain. Facial recognition can be an emotional experience for the brain and the amygdala is highly involved in the recognition process.

  4. Developmental differences in solitary facial expressions

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    This indicates that facial expressions are affected by the social environment, and are an important aspect in creating relationships with others in our social groups. In one study, researchers found that facial expressions of sadness may be more beneficial for toddlers than other expressions when eliciting support from the social environment.

  5. Facial Action Coding System - Wikipedia

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    The development of FACS tools for different species allows the objective and anatomical study of facial expressions in communicative and emotional contexts. Furthermore, a cross-species analysis of facial expressions can help to answer interesting questions, such as which emotions are uniquely human. [21]

  6. Emotion classification - Wikipedia

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    Circumplex models have been used most commonly to test stimuli of emotion words, emotional facial expressions, and affective states. [ 13 ] Russell and Lisa Feldman Barrett describe their modified circumplex model as representative of core affect, or the most elementary feelings that are not necessarily directed toward anything.

  7. Mood (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Research studies [27] indicate that voluntary facial expressions, such as smiling, can produce effects on the body that are similar to those that result from the actual emotion, such as happiness. Paul Ekman and his colleagues studied facial expressions of emotions and linked specific emotions to the movement of corresponding facial muscles ...

  8. Social-emotional agnosia - Wikipedia

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    Social-emotional agnosia, also known as emotional agnosia or expressive agnosia, is the inability to perceive facial expressions, body language, and voice intonation. [1] A person with this disorder is unable to non-verbally perceive others' emotions in social situations, limiting normal social interactions.

  9. Non-verbal leakage - Wikipedia

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    In summary, although the face is the most expressive in terms of non-verbal expression, it is also one of the most easily controlled, so its levels of non-verbal leakage can be relatively low with conscious control of facial expressions. [6] Indicators of facial leakage include facial expressions that last too long, that are too intensive, or ...