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Facial feedback hypothesis
Book Title
Open Social Psychology
Year (definitive publication)
2026
Language
English
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Abstract
This chapter from Open Social Psychology book covers the facial feedback hypothesis, i.e., the idea that facial expressions do not just express emotions but can also shape them. It opens with the classic Strack et al. (1988) study, which used the pen-in-the-mouth paradigm to show that activating smiling muscles made cartoons seem funnier. It then traces some replication studies and concludes that the facial feedback effects are small, sensitive to context, and not consistent across all types of manipulations.
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Keywords
open resource,replication,facial feedback hypothesis,emotions
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Psychology - Social Sciences
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