Does Facial Amimia Impact the Recognition of Facial Emotions? An EMG Study in Parkinson's Disease.

According to embodied simulation theory, understanding other people's emotions is fostered by facial mimicry. However, studies assessing the effect of facial mimicry on the recognition of emotion are still controversial. In Parkinson's disease (PD), one of the most distinctive clinical fea...

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Main Authors: Soizic Argaud, Sylvain Delplanque, Jean-François Houvenaghel, Manon Auffret, Joan Duprez, Marc Vérin, Didier Grandjean, Paul Sauleau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4965153?pdf=render