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A multi-lab test of the facial feedback hypothesis by the Many Smiles Collaboration
Coles, Nicholas A. March, David S. Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando Larsen, Jeff T. Arinze, Nwadiogo C. Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G. Willis, Megan L. Foroni, Francesco Reggev, Niv Mokady, Aviv
Coles, Nicholas A.
March, David S.
Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando
Larsen, Jeff T.
Arinze, Nwadiogo C.
Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.
Willis, Megan L.
Foroni, Francesco
Reggev, Niv
Mokady, Aviv
Author
Coles, Nicholas A.
March, David S.
Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando
Larsen, Jeff T.
Arinze, Nwadiogo C.
Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.
Willis, Megan L.
Foroni, Francesco
Reggev, Niv
Mokady, Aviv
Forscher, Patrick S.
Hunter, John F.
Kaminski, Gwenaël
Yüvrük, Elif
Kapucu, Aycan
Nagy, Tamás
Hajdu, Nandor
Tejada, Julian
Freitag, Raquel M. K.
Zambrano, Danilo
Som, Bidisha
Aczel, Balazs
Barzykowski, Krystian
Adamus, Sylwia
Filip, Katarzyna
Yamada, Yuki
Ikeda, Ayumi
Eaves, Daniel L.
Levitan, Carmel A.
Leiweke, Sydney
Parzuchowski, Michal
Butcher, Natalie
Pfuhl, Gerit
Basnight-Brown, Dana M.
Hinojosa, José A.
Montoro, Pedro R.
Javela D, Lady G.
Vezirian, Kevin
Ijzerman, Hans
Trujillo, Natalia
Pressman, Sarah D.
Gygax, Pascal M.
Özdoğru, Asil A.
Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana
Ellsworth, Phoebe C.
Gaertner, Lowell
Strack, Fritz
Marozzi, Marco
Liuzza, Marco Tullio
March, David S.
Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando
Larsen, Jeff T.
Arinze, Nwadiogo C.
Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.
Willis, Megan L.
Foroni, Francesco
Reggev, Niv
Mokady, Aviv
Forscher, Patrick S.
Hunter, John F.
Kaminski, Gwenaël
Yüvrük, Elif
Kapucu, Aycan
Nagy, Tamás
Hajdu, Nandor
Tejada, Julian
Freitag, Raquel M. K.
Zambrano, Danilo
Som, Bidisha
Aczel, Balazs
Barzykowski, Krystian
Adamus, Sylwia
Filip, Katarzyna
Yamada, Yuki
Ikeda, Ayumi
Eaves, Daniel L.
Levitan, Carmel A.
Leiweke, Sydney
Parzuchowski, Michal
Butcher, Natalie
Pfuhl, Gerit
Basnight-Brown, Dana M.
Hinojosa, José A.
Montoro, Pedro R.
Javela D, Lady G.
Vezirian, Kevin
Ijzerman, Hans
Trujillo, Natalia
Pressman, Sarah D.
Gygax, Pascal M.
Özdoğru, Asil A.
Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana
Ellsworth, Phoebe C.
Gaertner, Lowell
Strack, Fritz
Marozzi, Marco
Liuzza, Marco Tullio
Abstract
Following theories of emotional embodiment, the facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ subjective experiences of emotion are influenced by their facial expressions. However, evidence for this hypothesis has been mixed. We thus formed a global adversarial collaboration and carried out a preregistered, multicentre study designed to specify and test the conditions that should most reliably produce facial feedback effects. Data from n = 3,878 participants spanning 19 countries indicated that a facial mimicry and voluntary facial action task could both amplify and initiate feelings of happiness. However, evidence of facial feedback effects was less conclusive when facial feedback was manipulated unobtrusively via a pen-in-mouth task.
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Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
Nature Human Behaviour
Book
Volume
6
Issue
Page Range
1731-1742
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ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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