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Does motor mimicry contribute to emotion recognition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Cindy Hamon-Hill  and
John Barresi
Cindy Hamon-Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada. cindy.hamon-hill@dal.cajbarresi@dal.cahttp://jbarresi.psychology.dal.ca/
John Barresi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada. cindy.hamon-hill@dal.cajbarresi@dal.cahttp://jbarresi.psychology.dal.ca/
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Abstract

We focus on the role that motor mimicry plays in the SIMS model when interpreting whether a facial emotional expression is appropriate to an eliciting context. Based on our research, we find general support for the SIMS model in these situations, but with some qualifications on how disruption of motor mimicry as a process relates to speed and accuracy in judgments.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 447 - 448
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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