facial expression; memory; face recognition; emotion
Abstract :
[en] We investigated the influence of happy and angry expressions on memory for new faces. Participants were presented with happy and angry faces in an intentional or incidental learning condition and were later asked to recognise the same faces displaying a neutral expression. They also had to remember what the initial expressions of the faces had been. Remember/know/guess judgements were made both for identity and expression memory. Results showed that faces were better recognised when presented with a happy rather than an angry expression, but only when learning was intentional. This was mainly due to an increase of the I remember" responses for happy faces when encoding was intentional rather than incidental. In contrast, memory for emotional expressions was not different for happy and angry faces whatever the encoding conditions. We interpret these findings according to the social meaning of emotional expressions for the self.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
D'Argembeau, Arnaud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Comblain, Christine
Etienne, Anne-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de personne et société > Psychologie de la santé
Language :
English
Title :
The effects of happy and angry expressions on identity and expression memory for unfamiliar faces
Publication date :
July 2003
Journal title :
Cognition and Emotion
ISSN :
0269-9931
eISSN :
1464-0600
Publisher :
Psychology Press, Hove, United Kingdom
Volume :
17
Issue :
4
Pages :
609-622
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Commentary :
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