Abstract
Through manipulating the subjects' facial expressions in the way of "muscle by muscle" and filling out the emotional differentiation scale, the experiment was carried out to examine "Facial Feedback Hypothesis" which considers that facial expressions can induce experiences corresponding to them. The results showed: (1) Anger expression increased anger experience significantly. (2) The feedback of expressions influencing experiences had two characteristics. One kind of emotional facial expression not only increased the intensity of the corresponding experience, but also increased those experiences in the same direction as it was in terms of "positive-negtive" dimension, while it decreased those experiences in the opposite direction. (3) The feedback effect of facial expressions could occur without "self-perception" as a medium variable.
| Keywords: | muscle by muscle; expressions; feedback; self-perception |
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