Computing the Face Syntax of Social Communication

Project Information

FACESYNTAX

Grant agreement ID: 759796

DOI 10.3030/759796

EC signature date 18 September 2017

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 1 490 050,00

EU contribution € 1 490 050,00

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UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
United Kingdom

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Publications

Conference proceedings (19)

Emotion Categories are Represented by a 2-Dimensional Valence-Arousal Space

Author(s): Meng Liu, Robin A.A. Ince, Chaona Chen, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 20/11, 2020, Page(s) 1224, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.11.1224

Social Trait Facial Expressions Comprise Latent Affective Facial Signals

Author(s): Laura B. Hensel, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 21, 2021, Page(s) 1988, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.9.1988

Semantic Decoding of Affective Face Signals in the Brain is Temporally Distinct

Author(s): Meng Liu, Nicola van Rijsbergen, Oliver Garrod, Robin Ince, Rachael Jack, Philippe Schyns
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 21, 2021, Page(s) 2589, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.9.2589

Psychologically Valid Social Face Features for Virtual Agents

Author(s): Laura B. Hensel, Jiayu Zhan, R. Thora Bjornsdottir, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 9781450375863
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3383652.3423899

Facial Expressions Reveal Cross-Cultural Variance in Emotion Signaling

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Robin A. A. Ince, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 21, 2021, Page(s) 2500, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.9.2500

Dynamic Face Movement Texture Enhances the Perceived Realism of Facial Expressions of Emotion

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 9781450375863
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3383652.3423912

Building Culturally-Valid Dynamic Facial Expressions for a Conversational Virtual Agent Using Human Perception

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Robin A. A. Ince, Mary Ellen Foster, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 9781450375863
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3383652.3423913

Smiles are Versatile Signals in Social Communication Across Cultures

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Fangeng Zeng, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Robin A. A. Ince, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 22, 2022, Page(s) 3896, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.22.14.3896

Dynamic face imaging: a novel analysis framework for 4D social face perception and expression

Author(s): Lukas Snoek, Rachael E. Jack, Philippe G. Schyns
Published in: 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), Issue 10, 2024, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fg57933.2023.10042724

Social trait perception is structured by a latent composition of 3D face features

Author(s): Laura B. Hensel, Jiayu Zhan, R. Thora Bjornsdottir, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 20/11, 2020, Page(s) 1365, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.11.1365

Facial expressions of threatening emotions show greater communicative robustness

Author(s): Tobias Thejll-Madsen, Robin A.A. Ince, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 22, 2022, Page(s) 4031, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.22.14.4031

Distinct face movements boost recognition of facial expressions of emotions

Author(s): Tommaso Querci, Chaona Chen
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue vol 20, 2020, Page(s) 1039-1039, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: ARVO
DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.11.1039

Building a Generative Space of Facial Expressions of Emotions Using Psychological Data-driven Methods

Author(s): Meng Liu, Yaocong Duan, Robin A. A. Ince, Chaona Chen, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2020, Page(s) 1-3, ISBN 9781450375863
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3383652.3423902

Designing Social Signals for Artificial Agents Using Psychological Science

Author(s): Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2023, Page(s) 3-4
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3308532.3337711

Facial expressions of emotion include iconic signals of rejection and acceptance

Author(s): Jonas Nölle, Chaona Chen, Laura B. Hensel, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 21, 2021, Page(s) 2932, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.21.9.2932

Equipping social robots with culturally-sensitive facial expressions of emotion using data-driven methods

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Laura B. Hensel, Yaocong Duan, Robin A. A. Ince, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Jonas Beskow, Rachael E. Jack, Philippe G. Schyns
Published in: 2019 14th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2019), 2022, ISBN 978-1-7281-0089-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fg.2019.8756570

A Generative Model of Cultural Face Attractiveness

Author(s): Jiayu Zhan, Meng Liu, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Rachael E. Jack, Philippe G. Schyns
Published in: Proceedings of the 20th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Issue 25, 2023, Page(s) 1-3
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3383652.3423914

Modelling Culturally Diverse Smiles Using Data-Driven Methods

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/fg57933.2023.10042621

Face movements temporally decouple the transmission of emotion category and intensity information

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Daniel S. Messinger, Yaocong Duan, Robin A.A. Ince, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 20/11, 2020, Page(s) 686, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.20.11.686

Peer reviewed articles (11)

Social class perception is driven by stereotype-related facial features.

Author(s): R. Thora Bjornsdottir, Laura B. Hensel, Jiayu Zhan, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Issue 153, 2024, Page(s) 742-753, ISSN 0096-3445
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/xge0001519

Simulating dynamic facial expressions of pain from visuo-haptic interactions with a robotic patient

Author(s): Yongxuan Tan, Sibylle Rérolle, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Nejra van Zalk, Rachael E. Jack, Thrishantha Nanayakkara
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08115-1

Facial expressions elicit multiplexed perceptions of emotion categories and dimensions

Author(s): Meng Liu, Yaocong Duan, Robin A.A. Ince, Chaona Chen, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 200-209.e6, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.035

Face mediated human–robot interaction for remote medical examination

Author(s): Thilina D. Lalitharatne, Leone Costi, Ryman Hashem, Ilana Nisky, Rachael E. Jack, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Fumiya Iida
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16643-z

Emotion perception in habitual players of action video games.

Author(s): Swann Pichon, Benoit Bediou, Lia Antico, Rachael Jack, Oliver Garrod, Chris Sims, C. Shawn Green, Philippe Schyns, Daphne Bavelier
Published in: Emotion, Issue 21, 2024, Page(s) 1324-1339, ISSN 1528-3542
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000740

Rachael Jack

Author(s): Rachael Jack
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 33, 2024, Page(s) R425-R426, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.004

Cultural facial expressions dynamically convey emotion category and intensity information

Author(s): Chaona Chen, Daniel S. Messinger, Cheng Chen, Hongmei Yan, Yaocong Duan, Robin A.A. Ince, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) 213-223.e5, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.001

In the face of diversity: Face ethnicity influences the use of face features for social trait perception

Author(s): Valentina Gosetti, Laura B. Hensel, Robin A. A. Ince, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Philippe G. Schyns, Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Journal of Vision, Issue 23, 2023, Page(s) 5247, ISSN 1534-7362
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1167/jov.23.9.5247

Testing, explaining, and exploring models of facial expressions of emotions

Author(s): Lukas Snoek, Rachael E. Jack, Philippe G. Schyns, Oliver G. B. Garrod, Maximilian Mittenbühler, Chaona Chen, Suzanne Oosterwijk, H. Steven Scholte
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq8421

Revealing the information contents of memory within the stimulus information representation framework

Author(s): Philippe G. Schyns, Jiayu Zhan, Rachael E. Jack, Robin A. A. Ince
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 375, 2021, Page(s) 20190705, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0705

Modeling individual preferences reveals that face beauty is not universally perceived across cultures

Author(s): Jiayu Zhan, Meng Liu, Oliver G.B. Garrod, Christoph Daube, Robin A.A. Ince, Rachael E. Jack, Philippe G. Schyns
Published in: Current Biology, 2021, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.013

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Teaching robots the art of human social synchrony

Author(s): Rachael E. Jack
Published in: Science Robotics, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2470-9476
Publisher: AAAS
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.ado5755