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Observational studyPloS one2020

The relevant resting-state brain activity of ecological microexpression recognition test (EMERT).

Ming Yin, Jianxin Zhang, Deming Shu, Dianzhi Liu

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  2. Sensorimotor regulation of facial expression - An untouched frontier.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024
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Ming YinJiangsu Police Institute, Nanjing, China.
Jianxin ZhangSchool of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1280-1708
Deming ShuSchool of Education, Soochow University, Soochow, China.
Dianzhi LiuSchool of Education, Soochow University, Soochow, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zhang, et al. (2017) established the ecological microexpression recognition test (EMERT), but it only used white models' expressions as microexpressions and backgrounds, and there was no research detecting its relevant brain activity. The current study used white, black and yellow models' expressions as microexpressions and backgrounds to improve the materials ecological validity of EMERT, and it used eyes-closed and eyes-open resting-state fMRI to detect relevant brain activity of EMERT for the first time. The results showed: (1) Two new recapitulative indexes of EMERT were adopted, such as microexpression M and microexpression SD. The participants could effectively identify almost all the microexpressions, and each microexpression type had a significantly background effect. The EMERT had good retest reliability and calibration validity. (2) ALFFs (Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations) in both eyes-closed and eyes-open resting-states and ALFFs-difference could predict microexpression M. The relevant brain areas of microexpression M were some frontal lobes, insula, cingulate cortex, hippocampus, parietal lobe, caudate nucleus, thalamus, amygdala, occipital lobe, fusiform, temporal lobe, cerebellum and vermis. (3) ALFFs in both eyes-closed and eyes-open resting-states and ALFFs-difference could predict microexpression SD, and the ALFFs-difference was more predictive. The relevant brain areas of microexpression SD were some frontal lobes, insula, cingulate cortex, cuneus, amygdala, fusiform, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, precuneus, caudate lobe, putamen lobe, thalamus, temporal lobe, cerebellum and vermis. (4) There were many similarities and some differences in the relevant brain areas between microexpression M and SD. All these brain areas can be trained to enhance ecological microexpression recognition ability.

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Facial ExpressionPsychological TestsAsian PeopleBlack PeopleBrainEmotionsFacial RecognitionFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleReproducibility of ResultsRestTime FactorsWhite PeopleYoung Adult

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PMCPMC7755225

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