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The role of embodied change in perceiving and processing facial expressions of others

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Pablo Briñol ,
Kenneth G. DeMarree  and
K. Rachelle Smith
Pablo Briñol
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. [email protected]://www.uam.es/otros/persuasion/
Kenneth G. DeMarree
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. [email protected]@ttu.eduhttp://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/kdemarre/
K. Rachelle Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409. [email protected]@ttu.eduhttp://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/kdemarre/
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Abstract

The embodied simulation of smiles involves motor activity that often changes the perceivers' own emotional experience (e.g., smiling can make us feel happy). Although Niedenthal et al. mention this possibility, the psychological processes by which embodiment changes emotions and their consequences for processing other emotions are not discussed in the target article's review. We argue that understanding the processes initiated by embodiment is important for a complete understanding of the effects of embodiment on emotion perception.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 437 - 438
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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