The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Familiarity on Facial Expression Recognition
The Effects of Facial Attractiveness and Familiarity on Facial Expression Recognition
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面部吸引力和熟悉度对面部表情识别的影响
DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02496
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发表时间：
2019-11-25
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
He, Xianyou
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作者：
Li, Jinhui;He, Dexian;He, Xianyou
经典的人脸感知理论认为，人脸信息的不变维度（如身份、种族）和变化维度（如表情）是相互独立的。面部处理涉及两个独立的神经系统。然而，面部感知的动态理论表明这两个神经系统是双向相互作用的。因此，通过使用情感分类任务和变形电影任务，我们研究了面部吸引力对面部表情识别的影响，并提供了支持静态和动态背景下的面部感知动态理论的进一步证据。此外，这项研究还使用了熟悉的名人（包括演员、电视名人、政治家和喜剧演员），并探讨了熟悉度在面部感知中的作用。在两项实验中，参与者被要求评估不同吸引力和不同熟悉程度的面孔的表情。我们发现，无论是静态还是动态的人脸情况，都可以更快地识别出有吸引力的面孔上的快乐表情，凸显了快乐表情识别的优势。而且，在静态和动态熟脸情况下，熟悉度对表情识别的影响较大，而吸引力对表情识别的影响可能会减弱甚至不受影响。我们的结果表明，面部吸引力会影响静态和动态环境中面部表情的识别，并强调面部感知熟悉度的重要性。
The classic theory of face perception holds that the invariant (e.g., identity and race) and variant (e.g., expression) dimensions of face information are independent of one another. Two separate neural systems are involved in face processing. However, the dynamic theory of face perception indicates that these two neural systems interact bidirectionally. Accordingly, by using the emotion categorization task and morph movies task, we investigated the influence of facial attractiveness on facial expression recognition and provided further evidence supporting the dynamic theory of face perception in both the static and dynamic contexts. In addition, this research used familiar celebrities (including actors, television personalities, politicians, and comedians) and explored the role of familiarity in face perception. In two experiments, the participants were asked to assess the expressions of faces with different levels of attractiveness and different levels of familiarity. We found that regardless of being in a static or dynamic face situation, happy expressions on attractive faces can be recognized more quickly, highlighting the advantage of happy expression recognition. Moreover, in static and dynamic familiar face situations, familiarity has a greater impact on expression recognition, and the influence of attraction on expression recognition may be weakened or even unaffected. Our results show that facial attractiveness influences the recognition of facial expressions in both static and dynamic contexts and highlight the importance of familiarity in face perception.