Evidence and a computational explanation of cultural differences in facial expression recognition

• Published in: Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 874
• Main Authors: Dailey, Matthew N, Joyce, Carrie, Lyons, Michael J, Kamachi, Miyuki, Ishi, Hanae, Gyoba, Jiro, Cottrell, Garrison W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cultural Characteristics; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Recognition, Psychology; United States; Young Adult; United States; Japan

Facial expressions are crucial to human social communication, but the extent to which they are innate and universal versus learned and culture dependent is a subject of debate. Two studies explored the effect of culture and learning on facial expression understanding. In Experiment 1, Japanese and U...