Emotion 3 - Facial Expressions

Question 1

What are the 6 core facial expressions?

Answer 1

Fear
Anger
Surprise
Happiness
Sadness
Disgust

Question 2

Which side of the face is more expressive?

Answer 2

The left

Question 3

Which side of the brain is more expressive?

Answer 3

The right.

Question 4

What is volitional facial paresis?

Answer 4

The inability to voluntarily produce facial expressions.

Question 5

What is emotional facial paresis?

Answer 5

The inability to unconsciously produce facial expressions.

Question 6

What is hemispheric facial paresis?

Answer 6

The inability to produce facial expressions on one side of the face, due to damage in the corresponding hemisphere of the brain.

Question 7

What is the amygdala not involved in? Voluntary or emotional facial expression?

Answer 7

Amygdala not involved in voluntary facial expression, or knowledge of facial expression. Due to patient S.P, who could produce facial expressions when instructed to.

Question 8

What is one of the most convincing pieces of evidence/research that the production of facial expressions has a biological basis?

Answer 8

Peleg et al (2006) studied the correlation between expression structures (small differences in emotion expression) between congenitally blind children and their parents. A high correlation was found, indicating that expression of emotions has a strong biological basis, rather than modelling.