Internet Study of Perception of Emotional Expression
On online experiment studying how the brain processes emotional expression of faces. Involving the Chimeric Faces Task and a Demographic Questionnaire.
The purpose of this study is to examine how the brain processes information when you are making decisions about emotion expressed in faces. The results of this internet study will be compared to results obtained previously in a paper-and-pencil version of the same task. Testing will last from 20 to 60 minutes.
You will be asked to perform the following tasks:
1. Chimeric faces task. In this task you will see two funny-looking faces and will be asked to decide which one looks happier. There will be 36 pairs of faces.
2. Demographics questionaire . This will ask questions about yourself, such as your age, gender, etc. You will also be asked to report whether you suffer from any neurological illness.