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Explicit recognition of emotional facial expressions is shaped by expertise: evidence from professional actors

Conson, Massimiliano, Ponari, Marta, Monteforte, Eva, Ricciato, Giusy, Sarà, Marco, Grossi, Dario, Trojano, Luigi (2013) Explicit recognition of emotional facial expressions is shaped by expertise: evidence from professional actors. Frontiers in Psychology, 4 (382). ISSN 1664-1078. (doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00382) (KAR id:42927)

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Abstract

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 the emotional context (as foreseen by “Stanislavski Method”). In explicit recognition of facial expressions (Experiment 1), the two experimental groups differed from each other and from a control group with no acting experience: the Mimic group was more accurate, whereas the Stanislavski group was slower. Neither acting experience, instead, influenced implicit processing of emotional faces (Experiment 2). We argue that expertise can selectively influence explicit recognition of others' facial expressions, depending on the kind of “emotional expertise”.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00382
Uncontrolled keywords: facial expressions, conscious recognition, emotions, expertise, simulation, mentalizing
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Marta Ponari
Date Deposited: 15 Sep 2014 12:42 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 12:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42927 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Ponari, Marta: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-8360
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