Electromyographic responses to emotional facial expressions in 6-7year olds: A feasibility study |
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Authors: | Deschamps P K H Schutte I Kenemans J L Matthys W Schutter D J L G |
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Institution: | Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands; Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | Preliminary studies have demonstrated that school-aged children (average age 9-10years) show mimicry responses to happy and angry facial expressions. The aim of the present study was to assess the feasibility of using facial electromyography (EMG) as a method to study facial mimicry responses in younger children aged 6-7years to emotional facial expressions of other children. Facial EMG activity to the presentation of dynamic emotional faces was recorded from the corrugator, zygomaticus, frontalis and depressor muscle in sixty-one healthy participants aged 6-7years. Results showed that the presentation of angry faces was associated with corrugator activation and zygomaticus relaxation, happy faces with an increase in zygomaticus and a decrease in corrugator activation, fearful faces with frontalis activation, and sad faces with a combination of corrugator and frontalis activation. This study demonstrates the feasibility of measuring facial EMG response to emotional facial expressions in 6-7year old children. |
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