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THE SEMANTICS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND THE PREDICTION OF THE MEANINGS OF STEREOSCOPICALLY FUSED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
Author(s) -
Hastorf Albert H.,
Osgood Charles E.,
Ono Hiroshi
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1966.tb01351.x
Subject(s) - facial expression , meaning (existential) , psychology , semantic differential , semantics (computer science) , expression (computer science) , scaling , reliability (semiconductor) , face (sociological concept) , cognitive psychology , computer science , social psychology , mathematics , communication , linguistics , physics , geometry , psychotherapist , philosophy , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , programming language
Two experiments were concerned with scaling affective meanings of posed facial expressions using a specially devised form of semantic differential and with determining the extent to which the meaning of stereoscopically fused facial expressions could be predicted. Both experiments provided evidence for at least three dimensions. High reliability for scaling the affective meanings of facial expressions was demonstrated. Two methods were employed for predicting the meaning of a composite expression. The results indicated that the predictions based on the congruity principle do no better than those based on a simple algebraic mean of the two components.