Incidental retrieval of prior emotion mimicry
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Yn: Experimental Brain Research, Cyfrol 235, Rhif 4, 04.2017, t. 1173-1184.
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T1 - Incidental retrieval of prior emotion mimicry
AU - Pawling, Ralph
AU - Kirkham, Alexander
AU - Hayes, Amy
AU - Tipper, Stephen P.
N1 - This work was supported by an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant [ES/K000012/1] awarded to SPT and AEH
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - When observing emotional expressions, similar sensorimotor states are activated in the observer, often resulting in physical mimicry. For example, when observing a smile, the zygomaticus muscles associated with smiling are activated in the observer, and when observing a frown, the corrugator brow muscles. We show that the consistency of an individual’s facial emotion, whether they always frown or smile, can be encoded into memory. When the individuals are viewed at a later time expressing no emotion, muscle mimicry of the prior state can be detected, even when the emotion itself is task irrelevant. The results support simulation accounts of memory, where prior embodiments of other’s states during encoding are reactivated when re-encountering a person.
AB - When observing emotional expressions, similar sensorimotor states are activated in the observer, often resulting in physical mimicry. For example, when observing a smile, the zygomaticus muscles associated with smiling are activated in the observer, and when observing a frown, the corrugator brow muscles. We show that the consistency of an individual’s facial emotion, whether they always frown or smile, can be encoded into memory. When the individuals are viewed at a later time expressing no emotion, muscle mimicry of the prior state can be detected, even when the emotion itself is task irrelevant. The results support simulation accounts of memory, where prior embodiments of other’s states during encoding are reactivated when re-encountering a person.
U2 - 10.1007/s00221-017-4882-y
DO - 10.1007/s00221-017-4882-y
M3 - Article
VL - 235
SP - 1173
EP - 1184
JO - Experimental Brain Research
JF - Experimental Brain Research
SN - 0014-4819
IS - 4
ER -