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Embodied simulation and the search for meaning are not necessary for facial expression processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2010

Jacob M. Vigil  and
Patrick Coulombe
Jacob M. Vigil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161. vigilJ@unm.edu patc@unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~psych/faculty/sm_vigil.html
Patrick Coulombe
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161. vigilJ@unm.edu patc@unm.edu http://www.unm.edu/~psych/faculty/sm_vigil.html
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Abstract

Embodied simulation and the epistemic motivation to search for the “meaning” of other people's behaviors are not necessary for specific and functional responding to, and hence processing of, human facial expressions. Rather, facial expression processing can be achieved through lower-cognitive, heuristical perceptual processing and expression of prototypical morphological musculature movement patterns that communicate discrete trustworthiness and capacity cues to conspecifics.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 461 - 463
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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