Facial EMG responses to emotional expressions are related to emotion perception ability.

Although most people can identify facial expressions of emotions well, they still differ in this ability. According to embodied simulation theories understanding emotions of others is fostered by involuntarily mimicking the perceived expressions, causing a "reactivation" of the correspondi...

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Main Authors: Janina Künecke, Andrea Hildebrandt, Guillermo Recio, Werner Sommer, Oliver Wilhelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3904816?pdf=render