Authentic smiles and fake smiles: Ocular exploration and judgment in children
Charrette, Chantal
Authentic smiles and fake smiles: Ocular exploration and judgment in children - 2019.
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The goal of the present study is to examine the link between the perceptual and attentional processing of authentic and fake smiles through the recording of eye movements during an authenticity judgment task carried out with children. Children aged 6–7 and 9–10 were exposed to smiles that included the characteristics of an authentic smile (symmetrical Duchenne smile) as well as smiles without the activation of the Duchenne marker (non-Duchenne smile) and asymmetrical smiles (asymmetric Duchenne smile), which are two signs of non-authenticity. The results revealed that children, regardless of their age group, find symmetrical Duchenne smiles to be happier than asymmetrical Duchenne smiles, and that they find asymmetrical Duchenne smiles happier than non-Duchenne smiles. Participants also gave the expected answer more often for the symmetrical Duchenne smile and the non-Duchenne smile than for the asymmetrical Duchenne smile. However, the analysis of saccades and fixation times revealed no significant difference according to the type of smile (symmetrical Duchenne, asymmetrical Duchenne, non-Duchenne), and this was the case for both age groups. To summarize, eye movement patterns in children do not rule out the hypothesis of attention and perceptual limitations. The theoretical implications of the results are discussed and a link is made with previous studies in adults.
Authentic smiles and fake smiles: Ocular exploration and judgment in children - 2019.
47
The goal of the present study is to examine the link between the perceptual and attentional processing of authentic and fake smiles through the recording of eye movements during an authenticity judgment task carried out with children. Children aged 6–7 and 9–10 were exposed to smiles that included the characteristics of an authentic smile (symmetrical Duchenne smile) as well as smiles without the activation of the Duchenne marker (non-Duchenne smile) and asymmetrical smiles (asymmetric Duchenne smile), which are two signs of non-authenticity. The results revealed that children, regardless of their age group, find symmetrical Duchenne smiles to be happier than asymmetrical Duchenne smiles, and that they find asymmetrical Duchenne smiles happier than non-Duchenne smiles. Participants also gave the expected answer more often for the symmetrical Duchenne smile and the non-Duchenne smile than for the asymmetrical Duchenne smile. However, the analysis of saccades and fixation times revealed no significant difference according to the type of smile (symmetrical Duchenne, asymmetrical Duchenne, non-Duchenne), and this was the case for both age groups. To summarize, eye movement patterns in children do not rule out the hypothesis of attention and perceptual limitations. The theoretical implications of the results are discussed and a link is made with previous studies in adults.
Réseaux sociaux