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Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing 1/2012

01.08.2012 | Short Report

Enhanced embodied response following ambiguous emotional processing

verfasst von: Brice Beffara, Marc Ouellet, Nicolas Vermeulen, Anamitra Basu, Tiffany Morisseau, Martial Mermillod

Erschienen in: Cognitive Processing | Sonderheft 1/2012

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Abstract

It has generally been assumed that high-level cognitive and emotional processes are based on amodal conceptual information. In contrast, however, “embodied simulation” theory states that the perception of an emotional signal can trigger a simulation of the related state in the motor, somatosensory, and affective systems. To study the effect of social context on the mimicry effect predicted by the “embodied simulation” theory, we recorded the electromyographic (EMG) activity of participants when looking at emotional facial expressions. We observed an increase in embodied responses when the participants were exposed to a context involving social valence before seeing the emotional facial expressions. An examination of the dynamic EMG activity induced by two socially relevant emotional expressions (namely joy and anger) revealed enhanced EMG responses of the facial muscles associated with the related social prime (either positive or negative). These results are discussed within the general framework of embodiment theory.

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Metadaten
Titel
Enhanced embodied response following ambiguous emotional processing
verfasst von
Brice Beffara
Marc Ouellet
Nicolas Vermeulen
Anamitra Basu
Tiffany Morisseau
Martial Mermillod
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Cognitive Processing / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-012-0468-6

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