Is facial mimicry for affiliation?: exploring facial mimicry in intergroup relations under perceived threat

This thesis examines whether facial mimicry has an affiliative function beyond the epistemic function of facilitating emotion recognition. In one study assessing facial mimicry by FaceReader (N = 48) we found that facial mimicry is characterized by congruent (mirroring) and incongruent but complemen...

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Main Author: Murteira, Carla Sofia Ribeiro (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22404
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/22404