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Viewing distance matter to perceived intensity of facial expressions

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, July 2015
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Title
Viewing distance matter to perceived intensity of facial expressions
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00944
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Andreas Gerhardsson, Lennart Högman, Håkan Fischer

Abstract

In our daily perception of facial expressions, we depend on an ability to generalize across the varied distances at which they may appear. This is important to how we interpret the quality and the intensity of the expression. Previous research has not investigated whether this so called perceptual constancy also applies to the experienced intensity of facial expressions. Using a psychophysical measure (Borg CR100 scale) the present study aimed to further investigate perceptual constancy of happy and angry facial expressions at varied sizes, which is a proxy for varying viewing distances. Seventy-one (42 females) participants rated the intensity and valence of facial expressions varying in distance and intensity. The results demonstrated that the perceived intensity (PI) of the emotional facial expression was dependent on the distance of the face and the person perceiving it. An interaction effect was noted, indicating that close-up faces are perceived as more intense than faces at a distance and that this effect is stronger the more intense the facial expression truly is. The present study raises considerations regarding constancy of the PI of happy and angry facial expressions at varied distances.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Sweden 1 2%
Unknown 50 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 17%
Researcher 6 12%
Student > Bachelor 6 12%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 3 6%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 10 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 29 56%
Neuroscience 6 12%
Computer Science 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 11 21%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 July 2015.
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#13,746,181
of 22,815,414 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#13,880
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#128,275
of 263,469 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#310
of 562 outputs
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