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. 2015 Aug 11;6:1122. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01122

Table 2.

Overview of studies referenced.

Moderationa Study Measurementb Time per stimulusc Measurement periodd Stimulie Expressionsf Sourceg Sitesh Nh
Social inter-action; gender Hess and Bourgeois, 2010 (Study 1) EMG 30–625 s
(M = 183 s)
15 s time bins Live interaction ha, an n/a Zyg, Corr, Orb, Lev 96 same sex dyads (48 f)
Social inter-action; gender Hess and Bourgeois, 2010 (Study 2) EMG 30–856 s
(M = 185 s)
15 s time bins Live interaction ha, an n/a Zyg, Corr, Orb, (Lev) 72 mixed sex dyads
Social inter-action; gender Hinsz and Tomhave, 1991 Direct coding n/a Relative frequencies Live interaction ha, an, ne Own KJ79 1095 (483 m, 612 f)
Social interaction Heerey and Crossley, 2013 (Study 1) FACES 300 s 300 s Live interaction Genuine and polite smiles n/a KS07 48 same sex dyads (24 f)
Social interaction Heerey and Crossley, 2013 (Study 2) EMG 4 s 2 s/2 s Static Genuine and polite smiles Own Zyg, Corr, Orb 35 (85% f, 15% m)
Cognitive load Cannon et al. (2009) EMG 1 s 300–1000 ms Static ha, an MBFSS Zyg, Corr 46 f
Cognitive load Hess et al., 1998 (Study 1) EMG 10 s 10 s Static ha, an, dis JACFEE Zyg, Corr 48 f
Cognitive load Hess et al., 1998 (Study 2a+2b) EMG 10 s 10 s Static ha, an, dis JACFEE Zyg, Corr, Orb, (Lev) 90 f
Empathy Sonnby-Borgström, 2002 EMG 17 ms–6 s Not specified Static ha, an EF1 Zyg, Corr 43 (21 m, 22 f)
Empathy Sonnby-Borgström et al., 2003 EMG 17, 56, 2350 ms 2.5 s Static ha, an EF1 Zyg, Corr 61 (33 m, 28 f)
Empathy Dimberg et al., 2011 EMG 5 s 5 s Static ha, an EF2 Zyg, Corr 144 (72 m, 72 f)
Empathy; current state Hermans et al., 2006 EMG 6 s 6 s; 500 ms time bins Morph ha, an, ne EF2/KDEF Zyg, Corr 20 f
Attachment style Sonnby-Borgström and Jönsson, 2004 EMG 17–2350 ms 2.5 s Static ha, an EF1 Zyg, Corr 62 (33 m, 28 f)
Social anxiety Dimberg and Christmanson, 1991 EMG 8 s 8 s Static ha, an, ne EF2 Zyg, Corr 30 (gender unspecified)
Social anxiety Dimberg, 1997 EMG 8 s 8 s Static ha, an EF2 Zyg, Corr 16 f
Social anxiety Dimberg and Thunberg, 2007 EMG 1 s 1 s; 500 ms time bins Static ha, an EF2 Zyg, Corr 56 f
Social anxiety; gender Vrana and Gross, 2004 EMG 8 s 8 s Static ha, an, ne EF2 Zyg, Corr 19
Gender Dimberg and Lundquist, 1990 EMG 8 s 8 s Static ha, an EF2 Zyg, Corr 48 (24 m, 24 f)
Gender; eye gaze Soussignan et al., 2013 EMG 2 s 2 s; 100 ms time bins Morph ha, an, fe, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr, Front, Dep 31 (17 f, 14 m)
Age Bailey et al., 2009 EMG 5 s 200–500 ms; 500–800 ms Static ha, an, ne EF2 Corr 35 younger, 35 older
Age Bailey and Henry, 2009 EMG 14/42 ms (young/older adults) 200–800 ms Static ha, an, ne EF1 Zyg, Corr 46 younger, 40 older
Age Hühnel et al., 2014 EMG 20 s 20 s; 1 s time bins Video ha, an, sad, dis Own Zyg, Corr, Orb, Lev 39 older f, 39 younger f
Age; ingroup vs. outgroup Ardizzi et al., 2014 EMG 4+1 s 5 s; 500 ms time bins Dynamic + static ha, an, fe, sad, ne Own Zyg, Corr 20 teenagers; 20 adults
Current mood state Moody et al., 2007 (Study 1) EMG 1 s 1 s in 100 ms epochs Static an, fe, ne EF2 Corr, Front 48 (6 m, 42 f)
Current mood state Moody et al., 2007 (Study 2) EMG 1 s 500–1000 ms Static an, fe, ne EF2 Corr, Front 39 (12 m, 27 f)
Current mood state Likowski et al., 2011b EMG 6 s 6 s Static ha, an, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr, Front 60 f
Eye gaze Rychlowska et al., 2012, Study 3 EMG 8 s 500–1500 ms Static ha, ne Own Zyg 27 f
Current state Harrison et al., 2010 EMG ≥1 s 500–1000 ms Static ha, sad, an KDEF Zyg, Corr 40 (26 m, 14 f)
Eye gaze; gender Schrammel et al., 2009 EMG 3 s morph, 5.5 s total 500–1000 ms after apex Morph ha, an, ne Poser Zyg, Corr 44 (22 m, 22 f)
Dynamic expressions Rymarczyk et al., 2011 EMG 1.5 s 1,5 s; 500 ms time bins Static/morph ha, an MSFDE Zyg, Corr 27 (12 m, 15 f)
Dynamic expressions Sato and Yoshikawa, 2007 FACS 1520 ms 2.5 s Static/morph ha, an Own AU4, 12 18 (9 m, 9 f)
Dynamic expressions Sato et al., 2008 EMG 1520 ms 2.5 s Static/morph ha, an Own Zyg, Corr 29 (11 m, 18 f)
Dynamic expressions Weyers et al., 2006 EMG 1 s 1.5 s; 500 ms time bins Static/morph ha, an, ne Poser Zyg, Corr 48 f
Familiarity Fischer et al., 2012 FACS n/a n/a Live setting dis, pride n/a AU 4, 9, 10, 12, 43 112 f (56 dyads)
Familiarity Häfner and Ijzerman, 2011 (Study 1) EMG 2 s 2 s; 1 s time bins Static (averaged) ha, an KDEF; Own Zyg, Corr 23 dyads
Attitudes Likowski et al., 2008 EMG 6 s 6 s Static ha, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr 25 f
Attitudes; empathy Sims et al., 2012 EMG 4 s (apex at 2–3 s) 2000–4000 ms Video ha, an TIGTE Zyg, Corr 33 (7 m, 26 f)
Attitudes; empathy Aguado et al., 2013 EMG 1 s 1 s; 100 ms time bins Static ha, an, ne KDEF Zyg, Corr 57 (9 m, 48 f)
Cooperation/competition empathy Likowski et al., 2011a EMG 6 s 6 s Static ha, an, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr, Orb 77 f
Cooperation/competition Seibt et al., 2013 EMG 6 s 6 s Static ha, an, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr, Orb 84 f
Cooperation/competition Weyers et al., 2009 EMG 8 s 8 s; 1 s time bins Static ha, sad, ne Poser Zyg, Corr 49 f
Fairness Hofman et al., 2012 EMG 2/4 s Bl 1+3: 4 s; Bl 2: 2 s Morph + static ha, an EF2 Zyg, Corr 30 f
Power relationships Carr et al., 2014 EMG 5 s 5 s; 500 ms time bins Video ha, an MMI Zyg, Corr 55 (82% f)
Ingroup vs. outgroup McHugo et al., 1991 EMG 32–40 s First 30 s Video ha, an, ne Own Zyg, Corr, Orb 100 (46 m, 54 f)
Ingroup vs. outgroup McHugo et al., 1985 EMG 37–74 s First (after 5 s) and last 15 s Video ha, an, fe, ne Own Zyg, Corr 40 (31 m, 9 f)
Ingroup vs. outgroup Bourgeois and Hess, 2008 (Study 1) EMG M = 13.2 s M = 13.2 s Video ha, an Own Zyg, Corr, Orb 54 (19 m, 25 f, 10?)
Ingroup vs. outgroup Bourgeois and Hess, 2008 (Study 2) EMG Not specified Not specified Static ha, an, sad MSFDE Zyg, Corr, Orb, Lev 60 m
Ingroup vs. outgroup Mondillon et al., 2007 (Study 1) RPA 400–1600 ms n/a Static an, ne MSFDE n/a 47 f
Ingroup vs. outgroup Mondillon et al., 2007 (Study 2) RPA 400–1600 ms n/a Static an, ne MSFDE n/a 41 f
Ingroup vs. outgroup van der Schalk et al., 2011 (Study 1) EMG 5 s 5 s Static ha, an, fe Not specified Corr, Orb 42 f
Ingroup vs. outgroup van der Schalk et al., 2011 (Study 2) FACS ~5 s (apex at 1 s) ~ 5 s Video ha, an, fe Not specified AU 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 153, (gender unspecified)
Social exclusion (Kawamoto et al., 2014) EMG, ERP 1 s 1 s Static ha, dis, ne ATR Zyg, Corr 42 (22 m, 20 f)
a

The first keyword refers to the section where the study is mainly discussed, the second keyword to another mention within the review.

b

EMG, Electromyogram; FACES, Facial Expression Coding System (Kring and Sloan, 2007); FACS, Facial Action Coding System (Ekman and Friesen, 1978a); RPA, response prediction accuracy; ERP, event related potential.

c

per expression (where suitable time at apex of expression).

d

total period of facial response measurement, if applicable, length of individual measurement bins. Ranges refer to time after stimulus onset (e.g., 300–1000 ms means measurement started 300 ms after stimulus onset and went on for 700 ms).

e

morph: dynamic transition, usually from neutral to emotional expression, with first and last frame taken from photos or generated by the researcher, and transitional frames generated by the software.

f

ha, happy; an, angry; ne, neutral; fe, fearful; dis, disgusted.

g

Name of the stimulus set or software to generate the stimuli. Own, stimulus material created by the authors; MBFSS, MacBrain Face Stimulus Set (http://www.macbrain.org/resources.htm); JACFEE, Japanese and Caucasian Facial Expressions of Emotion (Matsumoto and Ekman, 1988); EF1, Unmasking the Face (Ekman and Friesen, 1978b); EF2, Pictures of Facial Affect (Ekman and Friesen, 1976); KDEF, Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces (Lundqvist et al., 1998); Poser, computer generated faces (Poser software, Curious Labs, Santa Cruz, CA); MSFDE, Montreal Set of Facial Displays of Emotion (Beaupré and Hess, 2005); TIGTE, Mindreading: The Interactive Guide to Emotions (Baron-Cohen et al., 2004); MMI, Facial Expression Database (Pantic et al., 2005); ATR, Facial Expression Database (DB99, ATR Promotions, Kyoto, Japan).

h

Sites for EMG electrodes; Action units for FACS coding: Zyg, Zygomaticus major; Corr, Corrugator; Orb, Orbicularis Oculi; Dep, Depressor anguli oris, Lev, Levator labii; Front, Frontalis; KS07, Coding according to Kring and Sloan (2007); KJ79, response scoring according to Kraut and Johnston (1979).