PSYC23H3 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - Version 2 02-09-12.docx
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They have just established this facial way of defining emotions. Heart rate as indicators; have people relive emotions (i. e. think of a time when you experienced anger). Once your face is showing a specific expression, then you show the same physiological patterns like having elevated heart rate in the case of anger and fear. Interestingly for anger you have higher peripheral temperature in your fingers. You"re reliving these emotional events in your life you"re able to distinguish fear and anger by the temperature in your fingers. The major message here is that it"s possible to distinguish emotions by the different physiological indicators. Anger and fear look pretty similar, hard to tell apart, there"s no difference in heart rate, but there is a difference in temperature. Our emotions change all the time, from moment to moment, second to second. How we take in information hasn"t really been looked at when this emotion field started.
