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Children's Facial Mimicry to Dynamic Emotional Facial Expressions and Their Emotional Empathy

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2012, v.24 no.4, pp.433-452
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2012.24.4.007








& (2012). Children's Facial Mimicry to Dynamic Emotional Facial Expressions and Their Emotional Empathy. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 24(4), 433-452, https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2012.24.4.007

Abstract

Based on the assumption that emotional contagion by facial mimicry is a key factor in emotional empathy, this study examined whether facial mimicry was related to emotional contagion and emotional empathy. Twenty-five 4th to 6th graders were participated. Facial electromyographic (EMG) activity in the zygomaticus major and corrugator supercilii muscle regions and heart rate activity were studied during exposure to dynamic happy and sad expressions. Emotional contagion was measured by asking children to report their emotional states while they were looking at the dynamic expressions. Emotional empathy was assessed by the emotional empathy subscales of self-report questionnaires for children; IRI, BEI and EQ-C. The zygomaticus muscle activity was increased to happy expressions, but the corrugator muscle activity was not increased above the significance level to sad expressions. Differences in mean muscle activity at the zygomaticus major between exposure to happy and sad expressions correlated positively with emotional contagion and the emotional empathy subscale scores. In contrast, the correlations between the differences in mean muscle activity at the corrugator and the emotional empathy subscale scores were not consistent. The present results suggest that the facial mimicry is a key component in the process of emotional empathy

keywords
정서공감, 정서전염, 얼굴표정, 안면모방, 안면 근전도(EMG), 추미근, 대협골근, emotional empathy, emotional contagion, facial expression, facial mimicry, facial electromyography(EMG), corrugator supercilii, zygomaticus major

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