Audience effects on solitary faces during imagery: displaying to the people in your head

Test subjects imagined situations in which they reported enjoying themselves either alone or with others. Electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded bilaterally from regions overlying the zygomatic major muscles responsible for smiling. Subjects showed more smiling in high-sociality than low-soci...

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Published in:Journal of nonverbal behavior 1990-06, Vol.14 (2), p.113-137
Main Authors: FRIDLUND, A. J, SABINI, J. P, HEDLUND, L. E, SCHAUT, J. A, SHENKER, J. I, KNAUER, M. J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Emotions
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Imagination
Nonverbal communication
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Social research
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Summary:Test subjects imagined situations in which they reported enjoying themselves either alone or with others. Electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded bilaterally from regions overlying the zygomatic major muscles responsible for smiling. Subjects showed more smiling in high-sociality than low-sociality imagery.
ISSN:0191-5886
1573-3653
DOI:10.1007/BF01670438