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. 2017 Nov 14;7:15525. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15091-4

Table 2.

Unique human facial movements displayed during different emotional contexts. Significantly different to relaxed context in one context only (p < 0.05, Kruskal-Wallis with post-hoc pairwise comparisons, Dunn-Bonferroni corrected). Unique facial actions found in previous studies are also reported here for comparison purposes, with the respective literature source. H: Test statistic, SE: Standard Error.

Emotion Humans Previous studies Source
Rate H SE
Fear AU5 AU7 AU20 AD38 19.700 19.900 24.700 15.500 5.285 5.028 5.285 4.161 AU5, AU20 (54)
Frustration AU14 AU17 AU24 AU28 AD84 21.100 20.100 21.900 19.600 16.950 5.985 5.920 5.849 5.162 4.555 AU14, AU17, AU24 (20,55,56)
Positive Anticipation NS
Happiness AU6 33.100 6.308 AU6 (54)