ArticleAffective science2026
Deliberate Facial Mimicry As a Skill That Predicts Emotion Recognition Performance.
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Abstract
How do we recognize emotions in others' faces? Embodied-simulation theory suggests we mimic observed expressions to enhance our understanding. However, empirical evidence for this online mimicry account remains mixed. Prior research typically measured facial mimicry and emotion recognition concurrently. Here, we test a complementary embodied-simulation account by measuring deliberate facial mimicry quality as an independent skill. We test whether individual differences in this skill - potentially reflecting richer sensorimotor representations - predict emotion recognition performance. In Study 1 ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-026-00366-9.
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