Display options
Cite
Schiff BB, Esses VM, Lamon M. Unilateral Facial Contractions Produce Mood Effects on Social Cognitive Judgements. Cogn Emot. 1992;6(5):357-368doi: 10.1080/02699939208409691.
Schiff, B. B., Esses, V. M., & Lamon, M. (1992). Unilateral Facial Contractions Produce Mood Effects on Social Cognitive Judgements. Cognition & emotion, 6(5), 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699939208409691
Schiff, Bernard B, et al. "Unilateral Facial Contractions Produce Mood Effects on Social Cognitive Judgements." Cognition & emotion vol. 6,5 (1992): 357-368. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02699939208409691
Schiff BB, Esses VM, Lamon M. Unilateral Facial Contractions Produce Mood Effects on Social Cognitive Judgements. Cogn Emot. 1992 Sep;6(5):357-368. doi: 10.1080/02699939208409691. PMID: 29022459.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Cogn Emot. 1992 Sep;6(5):357-368. doi: 10.1080/02699939208409691.

Unilateral Facial Contractions Produce Mood Effects on Social Cognitive Judgements.

Cognition & emotion

Bernard B Schiff, Victoria M Esses, Mary Lamon

Affiliations

  1. a Department of Psychology , University of Toronto , Canada.

PMID: 29022459 DOI: 10.1080/02699939208409691

Abstract

This study demonstrates that left and right unilateral facial contractions have similar effects on the expression of ethnic stereotypes as do negative and positive moods induced by more conventional means. Subjects who con tracted the left side of their face (negative mood inducer) were more likely to express negative stereotypes of ethnic groups than were subjects who contracted the right side of their face (positive mood inducer). This parallels previous findings obtained using two standard mood inductions: the Veltens mood induction procedure; and a musical mood induction procedure. Given that unilateral facial contractions manipulate mood without cognitive involvement, this mood induction may have advantages over previously used procedures, the effects of which are subject to cognitive mediation explanations. In addition, these results suggest that, at least for the expression of ethnic stereotypes, mood's influence on cognition does not depend on a cognitive component of mood induction.

Publication Types