Review of automatic microexpression recognition in the past decade
Abstract
Facial expressions provide important information concerning one’s emotional state. Unlike regular facial expressions, microexpressions are particular kinds of small quick facial movements, which generally last only 0.05 to 0.2 s. They reflect individuals’ subjective emotions and real psychological states more accurately than regular expressions which can be acted. However, the small range and short duration of facial movements when microexpressions happen make them challenging to recognize both by humans and machines alike. In the past decade, automatic microexpression recognition has attracted the attention of researchers in psychology, computer science, and security, amongst others. In addition, a number of specialized microexpression databases have been collected and made publicly available. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art automatic facial microexpression recognition work. To be specific, the features and learning methods used in automatic microexpression recognition, the existing microexpression data sets, the major outstanding challenges, and possible future development directions are all discussed.
Citation
Zhang , L & Arandjelović , O 2021 , ' Review of automatic microexpression recognition in the past decade ' , Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction , vol. 3 , no. 2 , pp. 414-434 . https://doi.org/10.3390/make3020021
Publication
Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2504-4990Type
Journal item
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L.Z. is funded by the China Scholarship Council—University of St Andrews Scholarships (No.201908060250).Collections
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