Alexandra IsraelssonPhD Student
About me
I am a PhD student working on a research project exploring dynamic and multimodal nonverbal emotion expressions. In my research, I have investigated communication of nonverbal emotion expressions, with focus on perception of both single and blended emotions.
Emotion perception (emotion recognition ability) refers to the ability to correctly perceive others' emotion expressions, which can be conveyed vocally, bodily and/or facially. However, previous research on emotion perception has mainly focused on facial emotion expressions – often by using static images, which has limited our understandings of how emotions are expressed and conveyed through different expressive channels, and in turn perceived.
We believe that by including a wide range of different emotions and using dynamic and multimodal emotion expressions where the voice, face, and body is used simultaneously, will give us new insights into the nonverbal communication of emotions.
Research projects
Publications
A selection from Stockholm University publication database
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Investigating individual differences in emotion recognition ability using the ERAM test
2021. Petri Laukka (et al.). Acta Psychologica 220
ArticleRead more about Investigating individual differences in emotion recognition ability using the ERAM testIndividuals vary in emotion recognition ability (ERA), but the causes and correlates of this variability are not well understood. Previous studies have largely focused on unimodal facial or vocal expressions and a small number of emotion categories, which may not reflect how emotions are expressed in everyday interactions. We investigated individual differences in ERA using a brief test containing dynamic multimodal (facial and vocal) expressions of 5 positive and 7 negative emotions (the ERAM test). Study 1 (N = 593) showed that ERA was positively correlated with emotional understanding, empathy, and openness, and negatively correlated with alexithymia. Women also had higher ERA than men. Study 2 was conducted online and replicated the recognition rates from Study 1 (which was conducted in lab) in a different sample (N = 106). Study 2 also showed that participants who had higher ERA were more accurate in their meta-cognitive judgments about their own accuracy. Recognition rates for visual, auditory, and audio-visual expressions were substantially correlated in both studies. Results provide further clues about the underlying structure of ERA and its links to broader affective processes. The ERAM test can be used for both lab and online research, and is freely available for academic research.
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