Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ralph Adolphs, Stacy Marsella, Aleix M. Martinez, Seth D. Pollak, Emotional Expressions Reconsidered: Challenges to Inferring Emotion From Human Facial Movements,
Psychological Science in the Public Interest, First Published July 17, 2019,
https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100619832930.
Abstract
It is commonly assumed that a person’s emotional state can be readily inferred from his or her facial movements, typically called emotional expressions or facial expressions. This assumption influences legal judgments, policy decisions, national security protocols, and educational practices; guides the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness, as well as the development of commercial applications; and pervades ...
