The psychological and neural mechanisms for the facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20730474
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Experimental psychology
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	SATO Wataru Kyoto University, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (50422902)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords	情動 / 表情
Research Abstract	We conducted the psychological and neuroimaging experiments to investigate the psychological and neural mechanisms for the facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions. The results of psychological experiments using electromyography recordings showed that dynamic facial expressions elicited facial mimicry and the facial mimicry was related to emotion elicitation and emotion recognition. Neuroimaging experiments revealed the neural network involved in the processing of dynamic facial expressions.

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