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Facial mimicry is not necessary to recognize emotion: Facial expression recognition by people with Moebius syndrome
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According to the reverse simulation model of embodied simulation theory, we recognize others' emotions by subtly mimicking their expressions, which allows us to feel the corresponding emotion through facial feedback. Previous studies examining whether facial mimicry is necessary for facial expression recognition were limited by potentially distracting manipulations intended to artificially restrict facial mimicry or very small samples of people with facial paralysis. We addressed these limitations by collecting the largest sample to date of people with Moebius syndrome, a condition characterized by congenital bilateral facial paralysis. In this Internet-based study, 37 adults with Moebius syndrome and 37 matched control participants completed a facial expression recognition task. People with Moebius syndrome did not differ from the control group or normative data in emotion recognition accuracy, and accuracy was not related to extent of ability to produce facial expressions. Our results do not support the hypothesis that reverse simulation with facial mimicry is necessary for facial expression recognition.
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“Specifically, Bogart's and Matsumoto's (2010) study revealed that subjects with Möbius syndrome (facial paralysis) did not significantly differ from the control group in emotion recognition, contradicting the view that facial mimicry is necessary for emotion recognition.”
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“Despite a growing body of literature, the empirical support for the role of mimicry in emotion processing has remained controversial (Assogna and Pontieri, 2008;Bogart and Matsumoto, 2010;Wagenmakers et al., 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rives Bogart, K., & Matsumoto, D.
- Affiliations
- San Francisco State University (US)
- ORCID
- Matsumoto, David
- Venue
- Social Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-04
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 241-251
- ISSN
- 1747-0919 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-0927
- OpenAlex
- W2098793505
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 2.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Keywords
- facial mimicry, facial expression recognition, emotion recognition, Moebius syndrome, facial paralysis, embodied simulation, facial feedback, congenital facial paralysis
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Emotions, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Case-Control Studies, Mobius Syndrome, Recognition, Psychology, Feedback, Psychological, Young Adult
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