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Rijnders RJP, van Boxtel A, de Wied M, van Honk J, Kempes MM, Bos PA. Revealed masks: Facial mimicry after oxytocin administration in forensic psychopathic patients. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 176:422-429. [PMID: 38959825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Facial mimicry serves as an evolutionarily rooted important interpersonal communication process that touches on the concepts of socialization and empathy. Facial electromyography (EMG) of the corrugator muscle and the zygomaticus muscle was recorded while male forensic psychopathic patients and controls watched morphed angry or happy facial expressions. We tested the hypothesis that psychopathic patients would show weaker short latency facial mimicry (that is, within 600 ms after stimulus onset) than controls. Exclusively in the group of 20 psychopathic patients, we tested in a placebo-controlled crossover within-subject design the hypothesis that oxytocin would enhance short-latency facial mimicry. Compared with placebo, we found no oxytocin-related significant short-latency responses of the corrugator and the zygomaticus. However, compared with 19 normal controls, psychopathic patients in the placebo condition showed significantly weaker short-latency zygomaticus responses to happy faces, while there was a trend toward significantly weaker short-latency corrugator responses to angry faces. These results are consistent with a recent study of facial EMG responses in adolescents with psychopathic traits. We therefore posit a lifetime developmental deficit in psychopathy pertaining short-latency mimicry of emotional facial expressions. Ultimately, this deficit in mimicking angry and happy expressions may hinder the elicitation of empathy, which is known to be impaired in psychopathy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ronald J P Rijnders
- Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Forensic Observation Clinic "Pieter Baan Centrum", Carl Barksweg 3, 1336 ZL, Almere, the Netherlands; Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Tilburg University, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology, Warandelaan 2, 5000 LE, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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- Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Youth and Family, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands; University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, J-Block, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Cape Town, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Anzio Rd, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Science and Education, Herman Gorterstraat 5, 3511 EW, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Leiden University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Leiden University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Rasing NB, van de Geest-Buit W, Chan OYA, Mul K, Lanser A, Erasmus CE, Groothuis JT, Holler J, Ingels KJAO, Post B, Siemann I, Voermans NC. Psychosocial functioning in patients with altered facial expression: a scoping review in five neurological diseases. Disabil Rehabil 2024; 46:3772-3791. [PMID: 37752723 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2259310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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PURPOSE To perform a scoping review to investigate the psychosocial impact of having an altered facial expression in five neurological diseases. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed. Studies were on Bell's palsy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), Moebius syndrome, myotonic dystrophy type 1, or Parkinson's disease patients; had a focus on altered facial expression; and had any form of psychosocial outcome measure. Data extraction focused on psychosocial outcomes. RESULTS Bell's palsy, myotonic dystrophy type 1, and Parkinson's disease patients more often experienced some degree of psychosocial distress than healthy controls. In FSHD, facial weakness negatively influenced communication and was experienced as a burden. The psychosocial distress applied especially to women (Bell's palsy and Parkinson's disease), and patients with more severely altered facial expression (Bell's palsy), but not for Moebius syndrome patients. Furthermore, Parkinson's disease patients with more pronounced hypomimia were perceived more negatively by observers. Various strategies were reported to compensate for altered facial expression. CONCLUSIONS This review showed that patients with altered facial expression in four of five included neurological diseases had reduced psychosocial functioning. Future research recommendations include studies on observers' judgements of patients during social interactions and on the effectiveness of compensation strategies in enhancing psychosocial functioning.
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- Nathaniël B Rasing
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Medical Library, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Patient Representative and Chairman FSHD Advocacy Group, Patient Organization for Muscular Disease Spierziekten Nederland, Baarn, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Neville C, Beurskens C, Diels J, MacDowell S, Rankin S. Consensus Among International Facial Therapy Experts for the Management of Adults with Unilateral Facial Palsy: A Two-Stage Nominal Group and Delphi Study. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med 2024; 26:405-417. [PMID: 37922418 DOI: 10.1089/fpsam.2023.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2023] Open
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Background: Nonsurgical rehabilitation of unilateral peripheral facial palsy (FP) varies globally with controversy regarding best practice. Objective: To develop facial therapist consensus regarding what should be included or excluded in rehabilitation of adults with FP of any etiology. Three clinical presentations: flaccid, paretic and synkinetic, were separately considered. Methodology: A two-stage study was conducted: a nominal group technique (NGT) to develop a questionnaire plus Delphi study. Delphi participants were recruited worldwide, through an experience-based inclusion questionnaire. The final Delphi questionnaire included 166 items for each clinical presentation covering assessment, outcome measures, and interventions, for example, education, eye care, neuromuscular retraining, and electrical modalities. Inclusion/exclusion agreement was set at 80%, indicating participant consensus. Items reaching 70-79% were deemed "near-included/near-excluded." Results: Averaged across all presentations, 24.9% of the 166 items were included, (e.g., Sunnybrook Facial Grading System, patient education and neuromuscular retraining), 26.9% of the 166 items were excluded, (e.g., gross strengthening and electrical stimulation); 48.2% were neither included nor excluded. Conclusion: This study brings together the global community's expertise as a first step toward establishing best practice for specialist facial therapy. It is hoped this will guide clinical decision making, advance research, and optimize patient outcomes in this challenging field.
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- Catriona Neville
- Facial Palsy MDT, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, United Kingdom
- The Facial Rehabilitation Centre Ltd, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Formerly of Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Centre, Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Rankin Physiotherapy, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Bress KS, Cascio CJ. Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2024; 162:105684. [PMID: 38710425 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Facial expression is a critical form of nonverbal social communication which promotes emotional exchange and affiliation among humans. Facial expressions are generated via precise contraction of the facial muscles, guided by sensory feedback. While the neural pathways underlying facial motor control are well characterized in humans and primates, it remains unknown how tactile and proprioceptive information reaches these pathways to guide facial muscle contraction. Thus, despite the importance of facial expressions for social functioning, little is known about how they are generated as a unique sensorimotor behavior. In this review, we highlight current knowledge about sensory feedback from the face and how it is distinct from other body regions. We describe connectivity between the facial sensory and motor brain systems, and call attention to the other brain systems which influence facial expression behavior, including vision, gustation, emotion, and interoception. Finally, we petition for more research on the sensory basis of facial expressions, asserting that incomplete understanding of sensorimotor mechanisms is a barrier to addressing atypical facial expressivity in clinical populations.
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- Kimberly S Bress
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Japee S, Jordan J, Licht J, Lokey S, Chen G, Snow J, Jabs EW, Webb BD, Engle EC, Manoli I, Baker C, Ungerleider LG. Inability to move one's face dampens facial expression perception. Cortex 2023; 169:35-49. [PMID: 37852041 PMCID: PMC10836030 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2023.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Humans rely heavily on facial expressions for social communication to convey their thoughts and emotions and to understand them in others. One prominent but controversial view is that humans learn to recognize the significance of facial expressions by mimicking the expressions of others. This view predicts that an inability to make facial expressions (e.g., facial paralysis) would result in reduced perceptual sensitivity to others' facial expressions. To test this hypothesis, we developed a diverse battery of sensitive emotion recognition tasks to characterize expression perception in individuals with Moebius Syndrome (MBS), a congenital neurological disorder that causes facial palsy. Using computer-based detection tasks we systematically assessed expression perception thresholds for static and dynamic face and body expressions. We found that while MBS individuals were able to perform challenging perceptual control tasks and body expression tasks, they were less efficient at extracting emotion from facial expressions, compared to matched controls. Exploratory analyses of fMRI data from a small group of MBS participants suggested potentially reduced engagement of the amygdala in MBS participants during expression processing relative to matched controls. Collectively, these results suggest a role for facial mimicry and consequent facial feedback and motor experience in the perception of others' facial expressions.
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- Shruti Japee
- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Office of the Clinical Director, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics, NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Rimé B, Páez D. Why We Gather: A New Look, Empirically Documented, at Émile Durkheim's Theory of Collective Assemblies and Collective Effervescence. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2023; 18:1306-1330. [PMID: 36753611 DOI: 10.1177/17456916221146388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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For Durkheim, individuals' survival and well-being rest on cultural resources and social belonging that must be revived periodically in collective assemblies. Durkheim's concern was to clarify how these assemblies achieve this revitalization. An intensive examination of primitive religions led him to identify successive levels of engagement experienced by participants and to develop explanatory principles relevant to all types of collective gatherings. Durkheim's conception is widely referred to nowadays. However, the question of its empirical status remains open. We extracted from his text his main statements and translated them into research questions. We then examined each question in relation to current theories and findings. In particular, we relied on the plethora of recent cognitive and social-psychology studies that document conditions of reduced self-other differentiation. Abundant data support that each successive moment of collective assemblies contributes to blurring this differentiation. Ample support also exists that because shared emotions are increasingly amplified in collective context, they can fuel high-intensity experiences. Moreover, recent studies of self-transcendent emotions can account for the self-transformative effects described by Durkheim at the climax of collective assemblies. In conclusion, this century-old model is remarkably supported by recent results, mostly collected in experimental settings.
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- Bernard Rimé
- Institut de Recherches en Sciences Psychologiques, Université catholique de Louvain
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- Department of Social Psychology, University of the Basque Country
- Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
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Benuzzi F, Ballotta D, Casadio C, Zanelli V, Porro CA, Nichelli PF, Lui F. "When You're Smiling": How Posed Facial Expressions Affect Visual Recognition of Emotions. Brain Sci 2023; 13:brainsci13040668. [PMID: 37190633 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13040668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Facial imitation occurs automatically during the perception of an emotional facial expression, and preventing it may interfere with the accuracy of emotion recognition. In the present fMRI study, we evaluated the effect of posing a facial expression on the recognition of ambiguous facial expressions. Since facial activity is affected by various factors, such as empathic aptitudes, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) questionnaire was administered and scores were correlated with brain activity. Twenty-six healthy female subjects took part in the experiment. The volunteers were asked to pose a facial expression (happy, disgusted, neutral), then to watch an ambiguous emotional face, finally to indicate whether the emotion perceived was happiness or disgust. As stimuli, blends of happy and disgusted faces were used. Behavioral results showed that posing an emotional face increased the percentage of congruence with the perceived emotion. When participants posed a facial expression and perceived a non-congruent emotion, a neural network comprising bilateral anterior insula was activated. Brain activity was also correlated with empathic traits, particularly with empathic concern, fantasy and personal distress. Our findings support the idea that facial mimicry plays a crucial role in identifying emotions, and that empathic emotional abilities can modulate the brain circuits involved in this process.
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- Francesca Benuzzi
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Phaf RH, Rotteveel M. An Audience Facilitates Facial Feedback: A Social-Context Hypothesis Reconciling Original Study and Nonreplication. Psychol Rep 2023:332941231153975. [PMID: 36735237 DOI: 10.1177/00332941231153975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nonreplications of previously undisputed phenomena tend to leave a theoretical vacuum. This theoretical perspective seeks to fill the gap left by the failure to replicate unobtrusive facial feedback. In the emblematic original study, participants who held a pen between the teeth (i.e., requiring activity of the zygomaticus major muscle) rated cartoons more positively than participants who held the pen between the lips. We argue that the same social mechanisms (e.g., the presence of an audience) modulate facial feedback to emotion as are involved in the feed-forward shaping of facial actions by emotions. Differing social contexts could thus help explain the contrast between original findings and failures to obtain unobtrusive facial feedback. An exploratory analysis that included results only from (unobtrusive) facial-feedback studies without explicit reference to emotion in the facial manipulation provided preliminary support for this hypothesis. Studies with a social context (e.g., due to experimenter presence) showed a medium-sized aggregate facial-feedback effect, whereas studies without a social context (e.g., when facial actions were only filmed), revealed a small effect. Video awareness strengthened facial feedback considerably within an engaging social context, but seemed to reduce it without a social context. We provisionally conclude that a (pro-)social interpretation of facial actions facilitates feedback to (primarily positive) emotion, and suggest further research explicitly manipulating this context.
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- R Hans Phaf
- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center, 100440Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Brain and Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Center, 1234Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Social Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, 1234Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Kraft-Feil TL, Ingram RE, Gorey C, Luu JH, Cross MP, Pressman SD. The association of negative mood with automatic and effortful facial expression mimicry. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1056535. [PMID: 37168433 PMCID: PMC10165095 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1056535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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The natural process of mimicking the facial expressions of others is well established, as are the deficits in this reflexive behavior for individuals with clinical disorders such as depression. This study examines the extent of this deficit in non-clinical individuals with high transient negative mood, and whether it extends to both automatic and effortful emotion expression behavior. One hundred and thirty-six participants were shown happy, sad, and neutral faces, while electromyography (EMG) recorded facial muscle responses. Automatic (reflexive) mimicry was assessed while participants simply viewed facially expressive photographs, while effortful mimicry was monitored when individuals were told to intentionally copy the expressions in the photographs. Results indicated that high levels of negative mood were primarily associated with deficits in effortful mimicry of happy expressions, although some similar evidence was found in automatic mimicry of happy faces. Surprisingly, there were also ties between negative moods and inaccuracies in effortful mimicry of sad expressions (but not automatic mimicry). Inaccurate automatic and effortful mimicry were also tied with lower self-reported social support and greater loneliness. These results indicate that even in healthy individuals, transient and minor changes in negative mood are tied to deficiencies in facial mimicry at both the automatic and effortful level.
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- Tara L. Kraft-Feil
- CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, ND, United States
- *Correspondence: Tara L. Kraft-Feil,
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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Glabellar Botulinum Toxin Injection Improves Depression Scores: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg 2022; 150:211e-220e. [PMID: 35588104 DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000009240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Preliminary evidence suggests that glabellar onabotulinumtoxinA injections improve depression scores with few side effects compared to current first-line antidepressant medications. The authors' review reports on these studies, hypothesizing that glabellar onabotulinumtoxinA injections can be an alternative safe and effective treatment for depression. METHODS A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relevant literature was performed in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Scopus databases were searched in August of 2020 using the keywords ["botox" OR "botulinum"] AND ["mood" OR "depression"] for articles published between 1980 and 2020. Prospective studies and randomized controlled trials on the use of glabellar onabotulinumtoxinA injections for the primary purpose of treating depression were considered. The primary endpoint for the meta-analysis was the mean difference in primary depression scores after treatment, along with a second endpoint of the standardized mean difference in depression scores among treated patients including all nine studies. RESULTS Of the 499 reviewed articles, nine studies were included that reported improvement in mean depression scores from baseline. All five randomized controlled trials reported an improvement in mean depression scores at 6 weeks after treatment, with a weighted average change of -8.39 points ( p < 0.0001). The aggregate standardized mean difference from baseline to the primary endpoint across all nine prospective studies was -1.61 SD ( p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Meta-analysis and systematic review of the included studies provide support for an antidepressant effect of glabellar onabotulinumtoxinA injections.
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Rijnders RJP, Terburg D, Bos PA, Kempes MM, van Honk J. Unzipping empathy in psychopathy: Empathy and facial affect processing in psychopaths. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 131:1116-1126. [PMID: 34695456 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Psychopathy is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has a highly deleterious effect upon both individuals and society at large. Psychopaths grossly neglect and disrespect the interests of others. Their antisocial behavior is thought to originate from a lack of empathy. However, empathy is multidimensional in nature, as evidenced by the considerable heterogeneity in extant theorizing on the subject. Here, we present the "Zipper model of empathy" that reconsiders how both its affective and cognitive components converge in mature empathic behavior. Furthermore, the Zipper model of empathy is expedient for explaining the empathy deficits in psychopathy, insofar as it brings together current theories on the dysfunctional affective components of empathy, violence inhibition, and automatic versus goal-directed attention. According to the literature, the neurobiological underpinnings of these theories are amygdala-centered; however, this article traces this specifically to the basolateral and central amygdala subregions. When viewed together, the cognitive and affective components of empathy are zipped together in a natural fashion in healthy empathic behavior, whereas psychopaths leave the zipper substantially unzipped in pursuit of their purely self-centered goals.
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- Ronald J P Rijnders
- Netherlands Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Forensic Observation Clinic "Pieter Baan Centrum", Carl Barksweg 3, 1336 ZL, Almere, the Netherlands; Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands; University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, J-Block, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Leiden University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Leiden University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden, the Netherlands; Netherlands Institute of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Science and Education, Herman Gorterstraat 5, 3511 EW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- University of Cape Town, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, J-Block, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Cape Town, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Anzio Rd, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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Platho-Elwischger K, Schmoeger M, Willinger U, Abdel-Aziz C, Algner J, Pretscherer S, Auff E, Kranz G, Turnbull O, Sycha T. Cognitive Performance After Facial Botulinum Toxin Treatment in a Cohort of Neurologic Patients: An Exploratory Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2021; 103:402-408. [PMID: 34496270 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate higher cognitive functions after mimicry changes after facial botulinum toxin (BTX) injections, we tested verbal and nonverbal reasoning in patients with blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm before and after their long-term botulinum toxin treatment. DESIGN Explorative, nonrandomized, clinical trial. SETTING Patients receiving ambulatory care and control participants from the general community. PARTICIPANTS Volunteer sample (N=84) of patients (n=21) with blepharospasm or hemifacial spasm who received facial BTX injections. Control participants included patients (n=30) with cervical dystonia who received cervical BTX injections and individuals without neurological disorders (n=33). INTERVENTIONS The 2 groups receiving injections were tested before and 3 weeks after their treatment. The group without neurological disorders received no injections. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Verbal and nonverbal reasoning scores. RESULTS The key unexpected finding was that patients who received facial BTX injections perform significantly worse in nonverbal reasoning tasks, when compared with those who did not receive injections (P=.022). There was no significant difference in the baseline reasoning scores and at follow-up for verbal reasoning between the 3 groups. There was no correlation between toxin dose and reasoning scores (verbal: P=.132; nonverbal: P=.294). CONCLUSIONS Because of potential confounders, the results do not yet allow any conclusion on causality. Further research is needed to confirm our findings.
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- Kirsten Platho-Elwischger
- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Neurology, Clinic Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Rehabilitation Center Rosenhuegel, Vienna, Austria
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- School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurology Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Kuehne M, Zaehle T, Lobmaier JS. Effects of posed smiling on memory for happy and sad facial expressions. Sci Rep 2021; 11:10477. [PMID: 34006957 PMCID: PMC8131584 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89828-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The perception and storage of facial emotional expressions constitutes an important human skill that is essential for our daily social interactions. While previous research revealed that facial feedback can influence the perception of facial emotional expressions, it is unclear whether facial feedback also plays a role in memory processes of facial emotional expressions. In the present study we investigated the impact of facial feedback on the performance in emotional visual working memory (WM). For this purpose, 37 participants underwent a classical facial feedback manipulation (FFM) (holding a pen with the teeth—inducing a smiling expression vs. holding a pen with the non-dominant hand—as a control condition) while they performed a WM task on varying intensities of happy or sad facial expressions. Results show that the smiling manipulation improved memory performance selectively for happy faces, especially for highly ambiguous facial expressions. Furthermore, we found that in addition to an overall negative bias specifically for happy faces (i.e. happy faces are remembered as more negative than they initially were), FFM induced a positivity bias when memorizing emotional facial information (i.e. faces were remembered as being more positive than they actually were). Finally, our data demonstrate that men were affected more by FFM: during induced smiling men showed a larger positive bias than women did. These data demonstrate that facial feedback not only influences our perception but also systematically alters our memory of facial emotional expressions.
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- Maria Kuehne
- Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. .,Department of Neurology, Otto-Von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Otto-Von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Švegžda A, Stanikūnas R, Augustinaitė K, Bliumas R, Vaitkevičius H. Facial Muscles Reactions to Other Person’s Facial Expressions of Pain. PSICHOLOGIJA 2021. [DOI: 10.15388/psichol.2021.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to record facial electromiograms (EMG) while subjects were viewing facial expressions of different pain levels (no-pain, medium pain and very painful) and to find objective criteria for measuring pain expressed in human’s face. The study involved 18 students with age 21 years. The magnitude of the EMG response of m. corrugator supercilii depended on voluntary performed facial pain expression in the subjects. EMG responses of voluntary performed facial pain expressions to mirrored pain reactions were detected at two time span intervals: 200–300 ms after stimulation in m. zygomaticus major, and 400–500 ms after stimulation in m. corrugator supercilii. These differences disappear after 1300 ms. In the second time interval, differences in EMG responses of both muscle groups occur 1600 ms after stimulus presentation, but disappear differently: 3100 ms after stimulation in m. zygomaticus major and 4000 ms in m. corrugator supercilii. Constant responding with “medium pain” expression when recognizing faces of different pain expressions have an effect on the voluntary EMG responses of individual subjects. Images with emotional expression “no pain” reduce m. corrugator supercilii activity and increase m. zygomaticus major activity for those observers.
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Almazrouei MA, Dror IE, Morgan RM. Organizational and Human Factors Affecting Forensic Decision-Making: Workplace Stress and Feedback. J Forensic Sci 2020; 65:1968-1977. [PMID: 32841390 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Although forensic examiners operate in a stressful environment, there is a lack of understanding about workplace stress and feedback. These organizational and human factors can potentially impact forensic science judgments. In this study, 150 practicing forensic examiners from one laboratory were surveyed about their experiences of workplace stress, and the explicit and implicit feedback they receive. Forensic examiners reported that their high stress levels originated more from workplace-related factors (management and/or supervision, backlogs, and the pressure to do many cases) than from personal related factors (family, medical, and/or financial). The findings showed that a few (8%) of the forensic examiners sometimes felt strong implicit feedback about what conclusions were expected from them and that some (14%) also strongly felt that they were more appreciated when they helped to solve a case (e.g., by reaching a "match" as opposed to an "inconclusive" conclusion). Differences were found when comparing workplace stress and feedback levels across three core forensic science fields (forensic biology, chemistry, and latent prints) and across career stages (early, mid, and late). Gaining insights into the stress factors within a workplace and explicit and implicit feedback has implications for developing policies to improve the well-being, motivation, and performance of forensic examiners.
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- Mohammed A Almazrouei
- UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K.,UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K.,Forensic Evidence Department, Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, 253, U.A.E
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- UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K.,UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K
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- UCL Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K.,UCL Centre for the Forensic Sciences, University College London, 35 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9EZ, U.K
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Can people improve their lives by smiling more, trying to have a better posture, and by thinking about good memories? Can individuals become more successful by deliberatively engaging in positive actions and thoughts? Do people feel better by following recommendations from naïve psychology? In the present article we discuss these questions, noting that although some popular interventions thought to be universally beneficial (e.g., inductions of happiness, self-affirmation, empowerment, self-distancing) can sometimes yield positive outcomes, at other times the outcomes can also be negative. Taking an empirical approach based on experimental evidence, we postulate that understanding the underlying processes discovered in the science of persuasion is the key for specifying why, when, and for whom these practical initiatives are more likely to work or to backfire.
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Minio-Paluello I, Porciello G, Gandolfo M, Boukarras S, Aglioti SM. The enfacement illusion boosts facial mimicry. Cortex 2020; 123:113-123. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2019.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Dubinskaya AD, Kukshina AA, Yurova OV, Kotel'nikova AV, Gulaev EN. [Modern views on the relationship between psychoemotional state and the bioelectrical activity of facial muscles]. VOPROSY KURORTOLOGII, FIZIOTERAPII, I LECHEBNOĬ FIZICHESKOĬ KULTURY 2020; 96:61-67. [PMID: 31880767 DOI: 10.17116/kurort20199606161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The paper presents a review of the literature data reflecting the relevance and current views on the problem of facial feedback. It considers the relationship between the bioelectric activity of facial muscles and neuropsychic stress. The modern issues dedicated to the study of the correlation between the indicators assessing the tonic activity of facial muscles and psycho-emotional stress are highlighted. Particular emphasis is placed on the scientific concept of emotional proprioception, according to which facial muscle activity through the trigeminal and facial nerves affects the emotional centers of the brain, by improving or worsening the emotional state. The currently known methods for the correction of psychoemotional states, which are based on the feedback mechanism, are analyzed. The possibilities of using neuromuscular relaxation of the facial muscles to correct psychoemotional conditions are considered.
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- A D Dubinskaya
- Moscow Research and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Research and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Research and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Research and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia
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- Moscow Research and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russia
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Andrade G. The ethics of positive thinking in healthcare. J Med Ethics Hist Med 2019; 12:18. [PMID: 32328231 PMCID: PMC7166246 DOI: 10.18502/jmehm.v12i18.2148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In continuation with the New Thought movement that arose in the United States in the 19th Century, there is now a massive self-help industry that markets books and seminars. This industry has also extended to healthcare in the form of positive thinking, i.e., the idea that happy thoughts are essential for health. While some of these claims may seem reasonable and commonsensical, they are not free of problems. This article posits that positive thinking has some ethical underpinnings. Extreme positive thinking may promote alternative forms of medicine that ultimately substitute effective treatment, and this is unethical. The emphasis on positive thinking for cancer patients may be too burdensome for them. Likewise, unrestricted positive thinking is not necessarily good for mental health. After considering the ethics of positive thinking, this article proposes a more realistic approach.
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- Gabriel Andrade
- Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates.
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Olszanowski M, Wróbel M, Hess U. Mimicking and sharing emotions: a re-examination of the link between facial mimicry and emotional contagion. Cogn Emot 2019; 34:367-376. [PMID: 31072246 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1611543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Facial mimicry has long been considered a main mechanism underlying emotional contagion (i.e. the transfer of emotions between people). A closer look at the empirical evidence, however, reveals that although these two phenomena often co-occur, the changes in emotional expressions may not necessarily be causally linked to the changes in subjective emotional experience. Here, we directly investigate this link, by testing a model in which facial activity served as a mediator between the observed emotional displays and subsequently felt emotions (i.e. emotional contagion). Participants watched videos of different senders displaying happiness, anger, or sadness, while their facial activity was recorded. After each video, participants rated their own emotions and assessed the senders' likeability and competence. Participants both mimicked and reported feeling the emotions displayed by the senders. Moreover, their facial activity partially explained the association between the senders' emotional displays and self-reported emotions, thereby supporting the notion that facial mimicry may be involved in emotional contagion.
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- Michal Olszanowski
- Department of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences & Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Cervera Torres S, Ruiz Fernández S, Lachmair M, Gerjets P. Coding valence in touchscreen interactions: hand dominance and lateral movement influence valence appraisals of emotional pictures. PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2018; 84:23-31. [PMID: 29330594 DOI: 10.1007/s00426-018-0971-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Body-Specificity Hypothesis postulates that the space surrounding the dominant hand is perceived as positive due to the motor fluency of this hand, whereas the space surrounding the non-dominant hand is perceived as negative. Experimental studies based on this theoretical framework also revealed associations between affective valence and hand dominance (i.e., dominant hand-positive; non-dominant hand-negative), or lateral movements of the hands (i.e., right hand toward the right space-positive; left hand toward the left space-positive). Interestingly, these associations have not been examined with regard to how lateral actions of the hands may influence affective experiences as, for example, in valence appraisals of affective objects that have been manipulated. The study presented here has considered this question in light of the emerging interest of embodied cognition approaches to interactive technologies, particularly in affective experiences with touchscreen interfaces. Accordingly, right-handed participants evaluated the valence of positive and negative emotional pictures after interacting with them either with the dominant right or with the non-dominant left hand. Specifically, they moved the pictures either from left to right or from right to left sides of a touchscreen monitor. The results indicated that a valence matching between the hand used for the interactions, the picture's valence category, and the movement's starting side reinforced the valence appraisals of the pictures (i.e., positive/negative pictures were more positively/negatively evaluated). The findings are discussed against the background of the Theory of Event Coding, which accounts for both the affective properties of the stimuli and the affective connotation of the related action.
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- Sergio Cervera Torres
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
- LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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