Motivational aspects of recognizing a smile

Janek S. Lobmaier; Martin H. Fischer

doi:10.1017/S0140525X10001330

Motivational aspects of recognizing a smile

Janek S. Lobmaier, Martin H. Fischer

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Abstract

What are the underlying processes that enable human beings to recognize a happy face? Clearly, featural and configural cues will help to identify the distinctive smile. In addition, the motivational state of the observer will influence the interpretation of emotional expressions. Therefore, a model accounting for emotion recognition is only complete if bottom-up and top-down aspects are integrated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	452-453
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	33
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10001330
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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