Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression

Autori

  • Pio E. Ricci Bitti
  • Luisa Bonfiglioli
  • Paolo Melani
  • Roberto Caterina
  • Pierluigi Garotti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/4296

Parole chiave:

facial expressions, doubt, uncertainty, communication, cognition

Abstract

There is a wide debate on the mental state of doubt/uncertainty; one wonders
whether it is a predominantly cognitive or emotional state of mind and whether
typical facial expressions communicate doubt/uncertainty. To this purpose,
through a role playing procedure, a large sample of expressions were collected and
afterwards evaluated through a combination of encoding and decoding procedures,
including also FACS (Facial Action Coding System) analysis. The results
have partially confirmed our hypothesis, identifying two typical facial expressions
of doubt/uncertainty, which share the same facial actions in the inferior part of
the face and show differential facial actions in the upper face.

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Pubblicato

2014-04-18

Come citare

Ricci Bitti, P. E., Bonfiglioli, L., Melani, P., Caterina, R., & Garotti, P. (2014). Expression and communication of doubt/uncertainty through facial expression. Ricerche Di Pedagogia E Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education, 9(1), 159–177. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1970-2221/4296