“Anger? No, thank you. I don't mimic it”: how contextual modulation of facial display meaning impacts emotional mimicry

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dc.abstract.enResearch indicates that emotional mimicry predominantly occurs in response to affiliative displays, such as happiness, while the mimicry of antagonistic displays, like anger, is seldom observed in social contexts. However, contextual factors, including the identity of the displayer (e.g. social similarity with the observer) and whose action triggered the emotional reaction (i.e. to whom display is directed), can modulate the meaning of the display. In two experiments, participants observed happiness, sadness, and anger expressed by individuals with similar or different social attitudes in response to actions from either a participant or another person. Results demonstrated that three manipulated factors – displayer social similarity, whose action caused an emotional display, and the type of emotional display – affected participants’ perception of the display. In turn, mimicry was predominantly observed in response to happiness (Experiments 1 and 2), to a lesser extent to sadness (Experiment 1), and not to anger. Furthermore, participants mimicked individuals who were more socially similar (Experiment 1), while whose action caused an emotional reaction did not influence mimicry. The findings suggest that when the context mitigates the meaning of negative or antagonistic facial displays, it does not necessarily increase the inclination to mimic them.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Sopocie
dc.contributor.authorOlszanowski, Michał
dc.contributor.authorTołopiło, Aleksandra
dc.date.access2025-01-22
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-26T06:20:03Z
dc.date.available2024-06-26T06:20:03Z
dc.date.created2024-01-22
dc.date.issued2024-02-02
dc.description.accesstimeafter_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2016/21/HS6/01179
dc.description.granttitleMimikra w kontekście społecznym. Znaczenie mimicznego sprzężenia zwrotnego i naśladownictwa emocji negatywnych dla wydawania sądów społecznych i przebiegu interakcji
dc.description.issue4
dc.description.physical530-548
dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume38
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02699931.2024.2310759
dc.identifier.issn0269-9931
dc.identifier.issn1464-0600
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/546
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02699931.2024.2310759
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enemotional mimicry
dc.subject.enfacial display of emotions
dc.subject.ensocial similarity
dc.subject.enemotions in social context
dc.swps.sciencecloudsend
dc.title“Anger? No, thank you. I don't mimic it”: how contextual modulation of facial display meaning impacts emotional mimicry
dc.title.journalCognition and Emotion
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle