DIMENSIONALITY OF THE SEMANTIC SPACE FOR COMMUNICATION VIA FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
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Facial expressions were posed by student actors and labeled by student judges, the judges being restricted to the same labels as were given to the actors. Factor analyses yielded evidence for three major dimensions resembling those proposed by Schlosberg (1954): Pleasantness, Activation, and Control. A hypothetical emotional‐expression solid, a pyramid truncated at the far end (passive direction), is proposed as a resolution of recent controversies over the number and nature of dimensions. Cluster analyses confirm the existence of some seven to ten regions within this space, densely populated with quasi‐synonymous states, which warrant identification as ‘primary affects’.
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Others extended the two-dimensional model of emotion to emotional memory for images, facial expressions, language, and experiences.
“Others have extended this model to emotional memory for images, facial expressions, language, and experiences (Bradley, Codispoti, Cuthbert, & Lang, 2001;Osgood, 1966;Robinson, 1980;Russell, 1980).”
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- Authors
- Osgood, C. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- Osgood, Charles E.
- Venue
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1966-03
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-30
- ISSN
- 0036-5564 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9450
- OpenAlex
- W2089210095
- Cited by
- 345
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 14.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- facial expressions, semantic space, affective domain, pleasantness, activation, control, emotional expression, affective states, nonverbal communication
- MeSH terms
- Communication, Emotions, Facial Expression, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Humans
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