The Odor Context Facilitates the Perception of Low-Intensity Facial Expressions of Emotion.

It has been established that the recognition of facial expressions integrates contextual information. In this study, we aimed to clarify the influence of contextual odors. The participants were asked to match a target face varying in expression intensity with non-ambiguous expressive faces. Intensit...

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Main Authors: Arnaud Leleu, Caroline Demily, Nicolas Franck, Karine Durand, Benoist Schaal, Jean-Yves Baudouin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4577100?pdf=render