Facial Expression

Question 1

What is Anthropomorphism? What is Anthropodenial?

Answer 1

Anthropomorphism:
(mis-)attribution of human-like mental experiences in other animals

Anthropodenial: apriori denial that other animals can have human-like mental states or experiences

Question 2

What is the difference between analogical and homological traits?

Answer 2

Analogy:
similar traits that evolve independently in response to similar pressures

Homology:
similar traits in different species due to common ancestry

Question 3

What can thermal imaging tell us about emotions?

Answer 3

a decrease in nose temperature is often linked to stress or fear as it reflects an activation of the sympathetic nervous system

Question 4

What indicates a social use of facial expressions?

Answer 4

longer duration of facial expression display in social context

intensification of facial expression when interacting with younger (orangutan) / older (chimpanzees) individuals indicating flexible use

Question 5

What does FACS stand for?

Answer 5

Facial Action Coding System
for analysing facial muscle movement