Others’ Facial Expressions Influence Individuals Making Choices and Processing Feedback: The Event-Related Potential and Behavioral Evidence
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials
2.3. Task and Procedure
2.4. Behavioral Recording and Analysis
2.5. Electrophysiological Recording and Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Behavioral Data
3.2. ERP Data
3.2.1. Making-Choices Stage
3.2.2. Feedback Stage
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender | |||
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Female (M ± SE) | Male (M ± SE) | ||
Expressions | Angry | 0.352 ± 0.046 | 0.341 ± 0.048 ** |
Happy | 0.628 ± 0.038 ** | 0.673 ± 0.033 ** | |
Neutral | 0.558 ± 0.037 ** | 0.545 ± 0.041 ** |
Gender (ms) | |||||
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Female (M ± SE) | Male (M ± SE) | ||||
Trust | Distrust | Trust | Distrust | ||
Expressions | Angry | 625.661 ± 46.992 | 609.089 ± 44.670 | 577.070 ± 47.340 | 580.896 ± 39.222 |
Happy | 607.483 ± 43.370 | 590.878 ± 50.637 | 591.09 ± 43.4427 | 605.768 ± 47.388 | |
Neutral | 590.425 ± 48.634 | 587.797 ± 44.155 | 588.076 ± 41.269 | 592.391 ± 39.222 |
Female | Male | Trust | Distrust | |
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N2 (uv) | ||||
Angry | −1.378 ± 0.436 | −2.052 ± 0.492 | −1.370 ± 0.456 | −2.060 ± 0.548 |
Happy | −1.746 ± 0.482 | −1.676 ± 0.567 | −1.714 ± 0.408 | −1.708 ± 0.663 |
Neutral | −2.216 ± 0.359 * | −1.912 ± 0.532 | −1.915 ± 0.412 | −2.214 ± 0.487 |
P3 (uv) | ||||
Angry | 1.963 ± 0.249 | 2.262 ± 0.329 | 2.122 ± 0.326 | 2.103 ± 0.311 |
Happy | 2.228 ± 0.323 | 2.207 ± 0.323 | 2.046 ± 0.315 | 2.390 ± 0.337 |
Neutral | 2.183 ± 0.308 | 1.920 ± 0.278 | 2.289 ± 0.311 | 1.814 ± 0.280 |
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Yu, X.; Xu, B.; Zhang, E. Others’ Facial Expressions Influence Individuals Making Choices and Processing Feedback: The Event-Related Potential and Behavioral Evidence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010568
Yu X, Xu B, Zhang E. Others’ Facial Expressions Influence Individuals Making Choices and Processing Feedback: The Event-Related Potential and Behavioral Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(1):568. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010568
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Xin, Bo Xu, and Entao Zhang. 2023. "Others’ Facial Expressions Influence Individuals Making Choices and Processing Feedback: The Event-Related Potential and Behavioral Evidence" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1: 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010568