Presentation 2005/9/19
Analysis of Emotional Contagion in Spontaneous and Forced Laughter : Investigation by Facial Electromyography and Self-Observation Report
Yosuke KAGEYAMA, Yasuhiko ARAI,
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Abstract(in English) The purpose of this study is to analyze emotional contagion in spontaneous and forced laughter what are supported and not supported joy feeling respectively. Neutral facial expression and feeling would change to smile and joy by observing laughter; this is well known as emotional contagion. This study investigated how differences emotional contagion in facial expression of test subjects, that is expressed by observing video clips of three-type laughter : "Spontaneous Laughter" caused by fanny video clips, "Forced Laughter" evoked during uninteresting video clips, and "Extreme Forced Laughter" evoked only by instructions, by recording facial electromyography and self-observation report. The results showed that emotional contagion is more depends on spontaneity of laughter than whether spontaneous or forced laughter.
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Keyword(in English) emotional contagion / congruency / forced laughter
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Title (in English) Analysis of Emotional Contagion in Spontaneous and Forced Laughter : Investigation by Facial Electromyography and Self-Observation Report
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Keyword(1) emotional contagion
Keyword(2) congruency
Keyword(3) forced laughter
1st Author's Name Yosuke KAGEYAMA
1st Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering()
2nd Author's Name Yasuhiko ARAI
2nd Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering
Date 2005/9/19
Paper # HCS2005-36
Volume (vol) vol.105
Number (no) 306
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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