APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Embodying Emotion: An Interdisciplinary Resurrection of Gestures in Emotion Recognition

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Personality/Emotion

  • Aimee Knupsky
    Allegheny College
  • Annie Utterback
    Allegheny College
  • M. Soledad Caballero
    Allegheny College

Abstract

An interdisciplinary, cognitive-humanities study was conducted to consider how 18th century conceptions of emotion expression may inform current psychological and neuroscientific debates. Participants identified emotions while viewing theatrical, whole-body gestures in this eye-tracking investigation. Accuracy varied across the range of gestures but was highest for emotions like pride and anger.

Emotion

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