微笑肌肉的电刺激可以减少视觉处理负载,并增强中性面部的幸福感知
J Baker1,2, Hvv Ngo3, T N Efthimiou3,4
1Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, UK. joshua.baker@essex.ac.uk.
Communications psychology
|July 3, 2025
概括
面部反影响情绪识别. 在视觉处理过程中刺激面部肌肉,即使在早期,也会偏向对中性面部的感知,支持体内认知理论.
科学领域:
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 嵌入式认知体现的认知
背景情况:
- 嵌入式认知理论提出面部反有助于在视觉处理后识别情绪.
- 面部模仿和情绪识别反的时间序列仍然没有得到充分的研究.
- 以前的方法缺乏对面部肌肉激活时间的精确控制.
研究的目的:
- 测试面部情感识别中体现认知的时间序列.
- 调查面部反在不同处理阶段的因果作用.
- 检查面部肌肉刺激如何影响情绪分类.
主要方法:
- 使用脑电图 (EEG) 和面部神经肌肉电刺激 (fNMES).
- 在阿凡达面孔的早期或晚期视觉处理过程中,将fNMES应用于对面肌主要肌肉.
- 参与者分类中性,快乐和悲伤的化身面孔.
主要成果:
- 早期和晚期的fNMES都诱导了对中立面孔的幸福偏见.
- 早期的fNMES (早期视觉处理) 减少了N170组件,调解了偏差.
- 晚期的fNMES (模拟期) 调节了β频段连贯性,但没有预测分类.
结论:
- 面部反会影响不同视觉处理阶段的情绪识别.
- 早期的面部反可以通过调节早期视觉处理来偏向感知.
- 研究结果通过证明反在减少处理负载方面的作用来支持体现认知.
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