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Perceptions of emotion from facial expressions are not culturally universal: Evidence from a remote culture

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Gendron, Maria, Roberson, Debi, van der Vyver, Jacoba Marietta, Barrett, Lisa Feldman·2014·Emotion
DOI 10.1037/a0036052PMC PMC4752367
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It is widely believed that certain emotions are universally recognized in facial expressions. Recent evidence indicates that Western perceptions (e.g., scowls as anger) depend on cues to U.S. emotion concepts embedded in experiments. Because such cues are standard features in methods used in cross-cultural experiments, we hypothesized that evidence of universality depends on this conceptual context. In our study, participants from the United States and the Himba ethnic group from the Keunene region of northwestern Namibia sorted images of posed facial expressions into piles by emotion type. Without cues to emotion concepts, Himba participants did not show the presumed "universal" pattern, whereas U.S. participants produced a pattern with presumed universal features. With cues to emotion concepts, participants in both cultures produced sorts that were closer to the presumed "universal" pattern, although substantial cultural variation persisted. Our findings indicate that perceptions of emotion are not universal, but depend on cultural and conceptual contexts.

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Authors
Gendron, M., Roberson, D., van der Vyver, J. M., & Barrett, L. F.
Affiliations
  • Northeastern University (US)
  • University of Essex (GB)
ORCID
Venue
Emotion
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2014
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
251-262
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
DOI
10.1037/a0036052
PMC
PMC4752367
OpenAlex
W1975731691
Cited by
463
References
59
Citations by year
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FWCI
37.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health (DP1OD003312)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Keywords
facial expressions, emotion perception, cultural universality, cross-cultural comparison, Himba, emotion concepts, emotion classification
MeSH terms
Adult, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Culture, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Namibia, Perception, United States

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