【Facemasksarecommonlyusedinceremoniesandperformances.Theynotonlyhidetherealfaceofthemaskwearerbuttheyoftenevokepowerfulemotionsintheaudience—dangerfearsadnessjoy.Youmightthinkbecausesomanythingsvary】
Facemasksarecommonlyusedinceremoniesandperformances.Theynotonlyhidetherealfaceofthemaskwearerbuttheyoftenevokepowerfulemotionsintheaudience—dangerfearsadnessjoy.Youmightthinkbecausesomanythingsvarycross-culturallythatthewaysinwhichemotionsaredisplayedandrecognizedinthefacevarytoo.Apparentlytheydonot.Recentresearchonmasksfromdifferentculturessupportstheconclusionthatmaskslikefacestendtorepresentcertainemotionsinthesameways.Wenowhavesomeevidencethatthesymbolismusedinmasksisoftenuniversal.
Theresearchonmasksbuildsonworkdonebyanthropologistswhousedphotographsofindividualsexperiencingvariousemotions.Thesephotographswereshowntomembersofdifferentculturalgroupswhowereaskedtoidentifytheemotionsdisplayedinthephotographs.Emotionswereidentifiedcorrectlybymostviewerswhatevertheviewer’snativeculture.
Codingschemesweredevelopedtoenableresearcherstocomparethedetailedfacialpositionsofindividualportionsofdieface(eyebrowsmouthetc.)fordifferentemotions.Whatexactlydowedowhenwescowl?Wecontracttheeyebrowsandlowerthecornersofthemouth;ingeometrictermswemakeanglesanddiagonals(斜线)onourfaces.Whenwesmileweraisethecornersofthemouth;wemakeitcurved.
PsychologistJoelArnoffandhiscolleaguescomparedtwotypesofwoodenfacemasksfrommanydifferentsocieties—masksdescribedasthreateningversusmasksassociatedwithnonthreateningfunctions.Assuspectedthetwosetsofmaskshadsignificantdifferencesincertainfacialelements.Thethreateningmaskshadeyebrowsandeyesfacinginwardanddownwardandadownward-facingmouth.Inmoreabstractorgeometricaltermsthreateningfeaturesgenerallytendtobeangularordiagonalandnonthreateningfeaturestendtobecurvedorroundedafacewithapointedbeardisthreatening;ababy'sfaceisnot.Thetheoryisthathumansexpressandrecognizebasicemotionsinuniform(一致的)waysbecauseallhumanfacesarequitesimilarskeletallyandmuscularly
1.Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?
A.Thetechniquesforcomparingfacialexpressionsacrosscultures
B.Thephotographyoffaces
C.Culturalvariationsinmask