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Emotion-color associations in the context of the face

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Date
10/2018
Author
Thorstenson, Christopher A.
Elliot, Andrew J.
Pazda, Adam D.
Perrett, David Ian
Xiao, Dengke
Keywords
Emotion
Color
Face
Association
BF Psychology
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Abstract
Facial expressions of emotion contain important information that is perceived and used by observers to understand others’ emotional state. While there has been considerable research into perceptions of facial musculature and emotion, less work has been conducted to understand perceptions of facial coloration and emotion. The current research examined emotion-color associations in the context of the face. Across four experiments, participants were asked to manipulate the color of face, or shape, stimuli along two color axes (i.e., red-green, yellow-blue) for six target emotions (i.e., anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise). The results yielded a pattern that is consistent with physiological and psychological models of emotion.
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Thorstenson , C A , Elliot , A J , Pazda , A D , Perrett , D I & Xiao , D 2018 , ' Emotion-color associations in the context of the face ' , Emotion , vol. 18 , no. 7 , pp. 1032-1042 . https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000358
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Emotion
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000358
ISSN
1528-3542
Type
Journal article
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© 2017, American Psychological Association. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the final, authoritative version of the article. Please do not copy or cite without authors' permission. The final article will be available, upon publication, via its DOI: https://doi.org10.1037/emo0000358
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11741

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