TY - JOUR
T1 - Facial asymmetry in posed and spontaneous expressions of emotion
AU - Borod, Joan C.
AU - Koff, Elissa
AU - White, Betsy
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was presented, in part, at the International Neuropsychology Society Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, February 4, 1982. Work was supported by USPHS Grants NS06209 and NS07615 to the Aphasia Research Center, and by Bio-Medical Research Support Grant I-S07RR07186-02 to Wellesley College. Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Joan C. Borod, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center, E. 30th and First Ave., New York, NY 10016.
PY - 1983/4
Y1 - 1983/4
N2 - Patterns of facial asymmetry (i.e., extent of movement) as a function of elicitation condition, emotional valence, and sex of subjects are examined. Thirty-seven right-handed adult males and females were videotaped making positive and negative expressions of emotion under posed (verbal, visual) and spontaneous conditions. There were no differences in facial asymmetry as a function of condition. Overall, expressions were significantly left-sided, a finding implicating the right hemisphere. When sex and valence were considered, negative expressions were left-sided for all subjects, while positive expressions were left-sided for males only. Further, positive expressions were significantly less lateralized than negative ones for females. Measures of hemiface mobility and ocular dominance did not mediate these patterns of facial lateralization.
AB - Patterns of facial asymmetry (i.e., extent of movement) as a function of elicitation condition, emotional valence, and sex of subjects are examined. Thirty-seven right-handed adult males and females were videotaped making positive and negative expressions of emotion under posed (verbal, visual) and spontaneous conditions. There were no differences in facial asymmetry as a function of condition. Overall, expressions were significantly left-sided, a finding implicating the right hemisphere. When sex and valence were considered, negative expressions were left-sided for all subjects, while positive expressions were left-sided for males only. Further, positive expressions were significantly less lateralized than negative ones for females. Measures of hemiface mobility and ocular dominance did not mediate these patterns of facial lateralization.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0020732134
U2 - 10.1016/0278-2626(83)90006-4
DO - 10.1016/0278-2626(83)90006-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 6546020
AN - SCOPUS:0020732134
SN - 0278-2626
VL - 2
SP - 165
EP - 175
JO - Brain and Cognition
JF - Brain and Cognition
IS - 2
ER -