We investigate emotion expression, emotion perception, and how culture shapes these processes — as well as how emotion affects social cognition and behaviour — by combining methods such as facial-movement analysis, eye tracking, and mouse tracking with statistical approaches including multi-level modelling, Bayesian methods, and machine learning. The emotion channels we examine include facial expressions, vocal bursts, and speech prosody, as well as the arts (music, painting, dance, and more).
Emotional Science
- Static / dynamic facial expression generation and perception
- Spontaneous expressions and performance expressions
- Emotional speech production and perception
- Emotion production and perception across artistic forms (music, painting, dance…)
- Emotion experience induced by different artistic forms
- Emotion regulation
- The influence of emotion on basic and social cognitive processes
Cross-cultural Comparison
- Similarities and differences of emotional processes across cultures