Social interaction context shapes emotion recognition through body language, not facial expressions.
Lior Abramson, Rotem Petranker, Inbal Marom, Hillel Aviezer
Abstract
= 464) watched the figures interacting (facing each other) than when figures were not interacting (facing away from each other), suggesting that social context influences emotion perception by revealing the interactants' relation. Our findings demonstrate that emotional perception is grounded in the broader process of social interaction and highlight the role of the body in interpersonal context effects. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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