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Measurement of the perception of facially expressed emotions by a computerized device: method of analysis and research for the integration of emotions (MARIE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Philippe Granato  and
Raymond Bruyer
Philippe Granato*
Affiliation:
Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes, Avenue Desandrouin, 59300 Valenciennes, France; Centre d’Investigation Clinique & INSERM, CHR&U, Lille, France
Raymond Bruyer
Affiliation:
Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Éducation (unité de neurosciences cognitives), Université de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
*
*E-mail address:pgranato@nordnet.fr (P. Granato).
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Current computerized tools allow detailed exploration of the structure and functioning of the “black box,” i.e., human cognitive and affective systems as well as thought. This technology was used to study the visual perception of facially expressed emotions. Morphological transition from one canonical emotion to another led to the creation of a continuum of intermediary pictures, and the identification of perceived emotions by 65 normal subjects was measured. We call this application “MARIE” (in French: Méthode d’Analyse et de Recherche de l’Intégration des Émotions; Method of Study and Analysis of Integration of Emotions). Our study examined the relationship between the quantitative modification of the continuum and the quantitative variation of the responses. Standardization of graphs led to the assessment of the two parameters of a Laplace-Gauss curve, i.e., mean and standard deviation. It is argued that such a tool could be very useful in the clinical assessment of the emotional state of subjects and/or of patients.

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PerceptionEmotionsFacial expressionsMorphingLaplace-Gauss

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European Psychiatry , Volume 17 , Issue 6 , October 2002 , pp. 339 - 348
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2002

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