Perception of emotional tears with body postures, visual scenes, and written scenarios

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作者
Ito, Kenichi [1 ]
Ong, Chew Wei [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lethbridge, Dept Psychol, 4401 Univ Dr, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
[2] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Social Sci, Singapore, Singapore
关键词
contexts; emotion; facial expressions; perception; sadness; tears; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; CONTEXT; RECOGNITION; FACES; INFORMATION; INTEGRATION; DISPLAYS; JUDGMENT; DISGUST; BODIES;
D O I
10.1111/ajsp.12544
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Emotional tears tend to increase perceived sadness in facial expressions. However, it is unclear whether tears would still be seen as an indicator of sadness when a tearful face is observed in an emotional context (e.g., a touching moment during a wedding ceremony). We examine the influence of context on the sadness enhancement effect of tears in three studies. In Study 1, participants evaluated tearful or tearless expressions presented without body postures, with emotionally neutral postures, or with emotionally congruent postures (i.e., postures indicating the same emotion as the face). The results show that the presence of tears increases the perceived sadness of faces regardless of context. Similar results are found in Studies 2 and 3, which used visual scenes and written scenarios as contexts, respectively. Our findings demonstrate that tears on faces reliably indicate sadness, even in the presence of contextual information that suggests non-sadness emotions.
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页数:17
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