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SUBMITTER: Pawling R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477702 | biostudies-other | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pawling Ralph R Kirkham Alexander J AJ Hayes Amy E AE Tipper Steven P SP
Experimental brain research 20170210 4
When observing emotional expressions, similar sensorimotor states are activated in the observer, often resulting in physical mimicry. For example, when observing a smile, the zygomaticus muscles associated with smiling are activated in the observer, and when observing a frown, the corrugator brow muscles. We show that the consistency of an individual's facial emotion, whether they always frown or smile, can be encoded into memory. When the individuals are viewed at a later time expressing no emo ...[more]