Effects of stimulus characteristics and sex of subject on perceived emotion.
To determine the influence of pupil size, eye size, sex of stimulus face, and sex of subject on perceived emotion, 308 college students filled in missing features on stimulus faces. Each face was independently rated by two male judges on a continuum of negative to positive emotion. Analysis indicated that sex of subject was the only variable to affect perceived emotion. Women (n = 175) tended to draw faces that were judged to be more positive than faces drawn by men (n = 133).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D011680:Pupil / Q000502:physiology; D012737:Sex Factors