title: Eye fixation patterns for categorizing static and dynamic facial expressions.
abstract: Facial expressions of emotion are dynamic in nature, but most studies on the visual strategies underlying the recognition of facial emotions have used static stimuli. The present study directly compared the visual strategies underlying the recognition of static and dynamic facial expressions using eye tracking and the Bubbles technique. The results revealed different eye fixation patterns with the 2 kinds of stimuli, with fewer fixations on the eye and mouth area during the recognition of dynamic than static expressions. However, these differences in eye fixations were not accompanied by any systematic differences in the facial information that was actually processed to recognize the expressions. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blais
authors.affiliation: Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fiset
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8979-2267
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Département de psychoéducation et de psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saumure Régimbald
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gosselin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005123:Eye / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult