EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IS SHAPED BY EXPERTISE: EVIDENCE FROM PROFESSIONAL ACTORS

Can reading others’ emotional states be shaped by expertise? We assessed processing of emotional facial expressions in professional actors trained either to voluntary activate mimicry to reproduce character’s emotions (as foreseen by the Mimic Method), or to infer others’ inner states from reading t...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano eConson, Marta ePonari, Eva eMonteforte, Giusy eRicciato, Marco eSarà, Dario eGrossi, Luigi eTrojano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00382/full