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Explicit Use of Categorical and Dimensional Strategies to Decode Facial Expressions of Emotion

Author: Marilyn Mendolia

Published in: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior | Issue 1/2007

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This experiment compares the explicit use of categorical and dimensional decoding strategies to recognize facially expressed emotion. Results suggest that people can consciously employ both strategies but that their facility in doing so is a function of the particular emotion displayed in combination with the completeness of the expression. By identifying the relative effectiveness of deliberate use of particular decoding strategies in specific circumstances, this investigation has implications for the design of facial decoding studies, for further research into cognitive mechanisms underlying the recognition of facially expressed emotion, and for development of practical applications to enhance facility with facial decoding.

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Title: Explicit Use of Categorical and Dimensional Strategies to Decode Facial Expressions of Emotion
Author: Marilyn Mendolia
Publication date: 01-03-2007
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior / Issue 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0191-5886
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3653
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-006-0020-4

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