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Publication Date: 2007-May
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Do Infants Show Distinct Negative Facial Expressions for Fear and Anger? Emotional Expression in 11-Month-Old European American, Chinese, and Japanese Infants
Camras, Linda A.; Oster, Harriet; Bakeman, Roger; Meng, Zhaolan; Ujiie, Tatsuo; Campos, Joseph J.
Infancy, v11 n2 p131-155 May 2007
Do infants show distinct negative facial expressions for different negative emotions? To address this question, European American, Chinese, and Japanese 11-month-olds were videotaped during procedures designed to elicit mild anger or frustration and fear. Facial behavior was coded using Baby FACS, an anatomically based scoring system. Infants' nonfacial behavior differed across procedures, suggesting that the target emotions were successfully elicited. However evidence for distinct emotion-specific facial configurations corresponding to fear versus anger was not obtained. Although facial responses were largely similar across cultures, some differences also were observed. Results are discussed in terms of functionalist and dynamical systems approaches to emotion and emotional expression. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Scoring, Fear, Whites, Asian Culture, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Racial Differences, Emotional Response, Infant Behavior, Cultural Differences, Human Body, Visual Stimuli, Auditory Stimuli
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Identifiers - Location: California; China; Japan
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