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Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2012. Vol. 5, no. 2, 22–38
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)

The effect of categorical perception of facial expressions: the diversity of manifestations

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O.A. Korolkova, A.V. Zhegallo

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Abstract

The article considers the diversity of categorical perception effects on human emotional facial expressions. We define the methodological requirements to research the structure of perceptual space of emotional expressions. In the experimental series with the use of computer morphed transitions between all possible pairs of 7 basic emotions, three main patterns of transitional expressions were revealed: peak pattern (classic categorical effect), plateau and flat distribution (absence of categorical effect). The results of the study also show that the stability of the effect depends on the specific emotional content of the stimuli used.

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Keywords: emotional expressions, categorical effect, ABX discrimination task, face perception, computer morphing

Journal rubric: Psychology of Perception

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Korolkova O.A., Zhegallo A.V. The effect of categorical perception of facial expressions: the diversity of manifestations. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2012. Vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 22–38. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Olga A. Korolkova, PhD in Psychology, professor, Leading Research Associate, Institute of Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-7266, e-mail: olga.kurakova@gmail.com

Alexander V. Zhegallo, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Systems Research of the Psyche, Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Researcher at the Center for Experimental Psychology of MSUPE, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5307-0083, e-mail: zhegalloav@ipran.ru

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