Positive and Negative: Infant Facial Expressions and Emotions

By Daniel S. Messinger. 2002

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Emotional Facial Expressions in Infancy (2010, background): “closed-mouth smiles) and reflect different forms of happiness or positive emotion (Messinger, 2002; Messinger & Fogel, 2007; Messinger, Fogel, & Dickson, 2001).”
Observer-based measurement of facial expression with the Facial Action Coding System. (2007, background): “Selective coding is best used when the investigator has strong hypotheses about specific action units or is interested only in specific facial regions (Messinger, Fogel, & Dickson, 1999; Prkachin, 1992).”
The Embodiment of Emotion (2008, background): “, 1997, 2000), facial muscle movements (Cacioppo et al., 1997, 2000; Messinger, 2002), vocal cues (Bachorowski, 1999) expressive behavior (Cacioppo & Gardner, 1999), and neural activations (Wager, Phan, Liberzon, & Taylor, 2003) are consistent in giving evidence of a general affect system (for a rev”
Singing Delays the Onset of Infant Distress (2016, background): “The cry face, which is characterized by lowered brows, lip corners pulled to the side, and variable degrees of mouth opening and raised cheeks, is the most common expression of negative affect in infants (Messinger, 2002).”
Are Emotions Natural Kinds? (2006, unknown): “…1999), peripheral nervous system activation (Bradley & Lang, 2000; Cacioppo et al., 1997, 2000), facial movements (Cacioppo et al., 1997, 2000; Messinger, 2002), vocal cues (Bachorowski, 1999) and expressive behavior (Cacioppo & Gardner, 1999), and neural activations (Wager, Phan, Liberzon, &…”
Solving the Emotion Paradox: Categorization and the Experience of Emotion (2006, background): “Facial electromyography measurements coordinate around positive versus negative affect (Cacioppo et al., 2000) or intensity of affect (Messinger, 2002), rather than discrete emotion categories.”
The experience of emotion. (2007, background): “…nervous system activation (Bradley & Lang 2000; Cacioppo et al. 1997, 2000); facial electromyographic activity (Cacioppo et al. 1997, 2000; Messinger 2002); vocal acoustics (Bachorowski 1999); expressive behavior (Cacioppo & Gardner 1999); and neural activations (Wager et al. 2003); for…”
An upward spiral: Bidirectional associations between positive affect and positive aspects of close relationships across the life span (2015, background): “Regarding PA, infants begin smiling in response to social activity at around 3 weeks of age, begin laughing around 4 months of age (Sroufe & Waters, 1976), and continue to demonstrate various intensities of undifferentiated positive expressions throughout infancy (Messinger, 2002).”
Pleasure as a sign you can attend to something else: Placing positive feelings within a general model of affect (2003, background): “Many believe that pleasure is instead a sign to continue what one is doing or even to immerse oneself in it more deeply (cf. Fredrickson, 2001; Messinger, 2002).”
The Origins of 12-Month Attachment: A Microanalysis of 4-Month Mother-Infant Interaction (2010, background): “Infants perceive variations in the form and intensity of communicative behaviors in facial and vocal modalities (Jasnow & Feldstein, 1986; Messinger, 2002; Trevarthen, 1977; Stern, 1985).”