FEATURES OF PERCEPTION AND REPRODUCTION OF EMOTIONS BY PERSONS WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the features of perception and reproduction of emotional-facial expressions by persons with different levels of emotional intellect. The method of estimation of perception and reproduction of emotions with the use of hardware-software complexes of recognition of emotional expressions (Noldus FaceReader) and detection of oculomotor activity (SMI RED) was presented. Significant differences in the perception and reproduction of emotions by persons with high and low levels of emotional intelligence were obtained. It was revealed that respondents with high level of emotional intelligence (EI) made fewer fixations on the face area or made shorter fixations than the respondents with low level of EI. At the same time, respondents with a high level of EI reproduced emotions better than respondents with a low level of EI. Gender differences in perception and reproduction of emotions were revealed.