The perception of interpersonal emotions originated by patterns of movement

Three Patterns of Motion Which Change the Perception of Emotional Faces

“…For instance, some authors demonstrated that certain patterns of motion have more emotional potential than others (Rimé, Boulanger, Laubin, Richir & Stroobants, 1985;Rimé & Schiaratura, 1991). A similar range of studies showed that very simple patterns of motion from an object involve animation and emotional attributions (e.g., Heider & Simmel, 1944).…”

Abstract Expressions of Affect

“…Such attributions are shown to be automatic and consistent, and independent of form (Oatley & Yuill, 1985;Pavlova et al, 2005;Rimé et al, 1985). In general, essential motion features can be distinguished at two levels of abstraction: movement described by kinematic and by dynamic features.…”

“…Instead, the recognition of these emotion expressions can rely on the sole presence of basic motion and form features essential to the recognition of emotion, which are extracted at the highest levels of abstraction in perception (Aronoff, 2006;Lundqvist & Öhman, 2004;Pavlova et al, 2005). Additionally, a large body of experimental research exists on emotion attribution to simple abstract geometrical shapes, based on such essential affective features (Aronoff, 2006;Aronoff et al, 1992;Collier, 1996;Heider & Simmel, 1944;Larson et al, 2008;Locher & Nodine, 1989;Oatley & Yuill, 1985;Pavlova et al, 2005;Rimé et al, 1985;Scholl & Tremoulet, 2000;Visch & Goudbeek, 2009). These theoretical insights motivate us to investigate the possibilities of emotion expression independent of the configuration of the human body and face, based on the minimal essential components of visual emotion recognition.…”

Theory of Mind in adults with right hemisphere damage: What’s the story?

“…The spontaneous use of anthropomorphic language when describing animated objects moving and interacting in a purposeful way is a robust and well-known effect (see Rimé, Boulanger, Laubin, Richir, & Stroobants, 1985 for a review). However, to our knowledge, animated geometric-shape stimuli have not yet been used to measure social cognition in people with damage to the right hemisphere.…”