Compound facial expressions of emotion

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 111; no. 15; pp. E1454 - E1462
• Main Authors: Du, Shichuan, Tao, Yong, Martinez, Aleix M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 15.04.2014; National Acad Sciences
• Series: PNAS Plus
• Subjects: Adult; Biological Sciences; cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Discrimination (Psychology) - physiology; Emotions; Emotions - classification; Emotions - physiology; Face; Facial Expression; Facial Muscles - physiology; fearfulness; Female; Humans; Male; Models, Biological; muscles; Ohio; Photography; Physical Sciences; PNAS Plus; Sensory perception; Ohio; categorization; face recognition; action units

Understanding the different categories of facial expressions of emotion regularly used by us is essential to gain insights into human cognition and affect as well as for the design of computational models and perceptual interfaces. Past research on facial expressions of emotion has focused on the st...