• Trent University
    Department of Philosophy
    Other faculty (Postdoc, Visiting, etc)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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    Universality Revisited
    with Nicole L. Nelson
    Emotion Review 5 (1): 8-15. 2013.
    Evidence does not support the claim that observers universally recognize basic emotions from signals on the face. The percentage of observers who matched the face with the predicted emotion (matching score) is not universal, but varies with culture and language. Matching scores are also inflated by the commonly used methods: within-subject design; posed, exaggerated facial expressions (devoid of context); multiple examples of each type of expression; and a response format that funnels a variety …Read more
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    Human emotion is built on core affect
    Journal of Consciousness Studies. forthcoming.