"Do Infants Show Distinct Negative Facial Expressions for Fear and Anger? Emotional Expression in 11-Month-Old European American, Chinese, and Japanese Infants" by Linda A. Camras

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Do Infants Show Distinct Negative Facial Expressions for Fear and Anger? Emotional Expression in 11-Month-Old European American, Chinese, and Japanese Infants

Infancy (2007)

Linda A. Camras
Harriet Oster, New York University
Roger Bakeman, Georgia State University
Zhaolan Meng, Peking University
Tatsuo Ujiie, Fukushima University
Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley

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Abstract
Do infants show distinct negative facial expressions for different negative emotions?
To address this question, European American, Chinese, and Japanese 11-montholds
were videotaped during procedures designed to elicit mild anger or frustration
and fear. Facial behavior was coded using Baby FACS, an anatomically based scoring
system. Infants’ nonfacial behavior differed across procedures, suggesting that
the target emotions were successfully elicited. However evidence for distinct
emotion-specific facial configurations corresponding to fear versus anger was not
obtained. Although facial responses were largely similar across cultures, some
differences also were observed. Results are discussed in terms of functionalist and
dynamical systems approaches to emotion and emotional expression.

Disciplines

Psychology

Publication Date

2007

DOI

10.1111/j.1532-7078.2007.tb00219.x

Citation Information

Linda A. Camras, Harriet Oster, Roger Bakeman, Zhaolan Meng, et al.. "Do Infants Show Distinct Negative Facial Expressions for Fear and Anger? Emotional Expression in 11-Month-Old European American, Chinese, and Japanese Infants" Infancy Vol. 11 Iss. 2 (2007) p. 131 - 155 ISSN: 1525-0008
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