Evidence and a Computational Explanation of Cultural Differences in Facial Expression Recognition

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 874-893

  Dailey, Matthew N ^a   Joyce, Carrie ^b   Lyons, Michael J ^c   Kamachi, Miyuki ^d   Ishi, Hanae ^e   Gyoba, Jiro ^b   Cottrell, Garrison W ^f  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Cross cultural emotion recognition; Facial expressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPANESE; LEARNING; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650711086     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020019     Document Type: Article

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