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. 2015 Jan 5;5:1516. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01516

Table 1.

Facial activity characteristics used for picture selection, based on FACS (Ekman et al., 2002).

Expression Facial activity
Joy Raised cheek and lip corner pulled up, inner brow raised, nasolabial deepened
Optionally: jaw dropped, lip corner depressed
Anger Brow lowered, lid tightened, upper lid raised, lip tightened
Optionally: Upper lip raised, chin raised, lip pressed
Disgust Nose wrinkled, upper lips raised
Optionally: Lip corner depressed, lower lip depressed
Fear Inner and outer brow raised, brow lowered, upper lid raised, lips parted and stretched, jaw dropped and mouth stretched
Surprise Inner and outer brow raised, jaw dropped
Sadness Inner brow raised, brow lowered, lip corner depressed