Gender differences in influence of facial expression on facial impression judgments

• UEDA Sayako

  Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Japan Women's University

• NOJIMA Kazuhiko

  Kao Corporation, Prestige Cosmetic Business Group

• MURAKADO Chie

  Kao Corporation, Prestige Cosmetic Business Group

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 表情が印象判断に及ぼす影響における性差
• ヒョウジョウ ガ インショウ ハンダン ニ オヨボス エイキョウ ニ オケル セイサ

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that facial expression influences judgments of facial impression. Much of the evidence indicates that women are better in identifying various displays of facial affect. It is expected that this gender difference in the recognition of facial expressions will affect the processing of facial impression judgments. Here we compare judged impressions and emotion intensities of faces when displaying a positive (smile), neutral, or negative (sad) expression. It has been found that cosmetics influence facial impression. In the facial impression condition, participants were asked to rate their impressions of cosmetics. In the facial expression condition, participants were asked to rate the intensity of the expression. The results suggest that there was no gender difference in the ability to rate the emotional cues in the faces. For the females, however, the influence of emotional expressions on facial impression judgments was greater than for males.

Journal

• The Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology

  The Japanese Journal of Cognitive Psychology 7 (2), 103-112, 2010

  The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology

Keywords

• facial impression
• gender differences
• facial expressions

Details

• CRID: 1390001205336306048
• NII Article ID: 130000428340
• NII Book ID: AA11971335
• DOI: 10.5265/jcogpsy.7.103
• ISSN: 21850321
• ISSN: 13487264
• NDL BIB ID: 10606458
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10606458
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