Fig. 1.

a The upper left figure shows a man who is joyfully surprised and greets an old friend. Strangely, this man is in the middle of a fight. b The upper right figure shows a man who is threatening another person that also wants to join the fight. c Middle left: the woman on the foreground is frightened at something but the other people in the scene do not experience the situation as threatening and are still enjoying the party, as can be read from their body language. The incongruence makes recognition of the emotion of the foreground figure difficult. d Middle right: the girl on the foreground is happily welcoming a new visitor/a friend at the party. Her emotion matches the social situation and the emotion of the other people. e/f The figure below shows a man (left) and women (right) who are frightened at something. The people in the scene are involved in sports. Body expressions are easier to recognize when congruent with the social scene