The Influence of Facial Asymmetry on Genuineness Judgment

Bérénice Delor; Fabien D’Hondt; Fabien D’Hondt; Fabien D’Hondt; Pierre Philippot

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727446

Frontiers in Psychology (Nov 2021)

The Influence of Facial Asymmetry on Genuineness Judgment

Bérénice Delor,
Fabien D’Hondt,
Fabien D’Hondt,
Fabien D’Hondt,
Pierre Philippot

Affiliations

Bérénice Delor: Louvain Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Fabien D’Hondt: Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172-LilNCog-Lille Neuroscience and Cognition, Université de Lille, Lille, France
Fabien D’Hondt: Clinique de Psychiatrie, Unité CURE, CHU Lille, Lille, France
Fabien D’Hondt: Centre national de ressources et de résilience Lille-Paris (CN2R), Lille, France
Pierre Philippot: Louvain Experimental Psychopathology, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727446
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12

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This study investigates how asymmetry, expressed emotion, and sex of the expresser impact the perception of emotional facial expressions (EFEs) in terms of perceived genuineness. Thirty-five undergraduate women completed a task using chimeric stimuli with artificial human faces. They were required to judge whether the expressed emotion was genuinely felt. The results revealed that (a) symmetrical faces are judged as more genuine than asymmetrical faces and (b) EFEs’ decoding is modulated by complex interplays between emotion and sex of the expresser.

Published in Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN: 1664-1078 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology

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