Facial mimicry, empathy, and emotion recognition: a meta-analysis of correlations
Facial mimicry, empathy, and emotion recognition: a meta-analysis of correlations
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DOI：
10.1080/02699931.2020.1815655
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发表时间：
2020-09-12
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2.6
通讯作者：
Dziobek, Isabel
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作者：
Holland, Alison C.;O'Connell, Garret;Dziobek, Isabel
许多著名的理论将模仿他人面部动作的倾向与同理心和面部情绪识别联系起来，但这种联系的证据并不均衡。我们对面部模仿与共情和面部情绪识别技能的相关性进行了荟萃分析。研究人员还考察了其他因素对调节影响的影响，例如测量移情的各个方面，记录面部肌肉，模仿面部情绪。使用随机效应模型估计总结效应，并使用元回归分析来确定调节这些效应的因素。来自28项研究的162项效应被提交。综合效应量显示，面部模仿与共情之间存在显著的弱正相关关系，但与面部情绪识别无关。调节分析显示，在静态和动态面部刺激以及内隐和外显面部情绪处理实例中，面部模仿和共情之间存在更强的相关性。面部情绪、面部肌肉、移情的情绪和认知方面，或移情的状态和特征测量之间没有差异。研究结果支持了强烈的面部模仿反应与更高的共情倾向呈正相关的说法，但这种影响的弱点和可变性表明，这种关系取决于尚未完全理解的因素。
A number of prominent theories have linked tendencies to mimick others' facial movements to empathy and facial emotion recognition, but evidence for such links is uneven. We conducted a meta-analysis of correlations of facial mimicry with empathy and facial emotion recognition skills. Other factors were also examined for moderating influence, e.g. facets of empathy measured, facial muscles recorded, and facial emotions being mimicked. Summary effects were estimated with a random-effects model and a meta-regression analysis was used to identify factors moderating these effects. 162 effects from 28 studies were submitted. The summary effect size indicated a significant weak positive relationship between facial mimicry and empathy, but not facial emotion recognition. The moderator analysis revealed that stronger correlations between facial mimicry and empathy were observed for static vs. dynamic facial stimuli, and for implicit vs. explicit instances of facial emotion processing. No differences were seen between facial emotions, facial muscles, emotional and cognitive facets of empathy, or state and trait measures of empathy. The results support the claim that stronger facial mimicry responses are positively related to higher dispositions for empathy, but the weakness and variability of this effect suggest that this relationship is conditional on not-fully understood factors.