• A multi-lab test of the facial feedback hypothesis by the Many Smiles Collaboration 

      Coles, Nicholas A.; March, David S.; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando; Larsen, Jeff T.; Arinze, Nwadiogo C.; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.; Willis, Megan L.; Foroni, Francesco; Reggev, Niv; Mokady, Aviv; Forscher, Patrick S.; Hunter, John F.; Kaminski, Gwenaël; Yüvrük, Elif; Kapucu, Aycan; Nagy, Tamás; Hajdu, Nandor; Tejada, Julian; Freitag, Raquel M. K.; Zambrano, Danilo; Som, Bidisha; Aczel, Balazs; Barzykowski, Krystian; Adamus, Sylwia; Filip, Katarzyna; Yamada, Yuki; Ikeda, Ayumi; Eaves, Daniel L.; Levitan, Carmel A.; Leiweke, Sydney; Parzuchowski, Michal; Butcher, Natalie; Pfuhl, Gerit; Basnight-Brown, Dana M.; Hinojosa, José A.; Montoro, Pedro R.; Javela D, Lady G.; Vezirian, Kevin; IJzerman, Hans; Trujillo, Natalia; Pressman, Sarah D.; Gygax, Pascal M.; Özdoğru, Asil A.; Ruiz-Fernandez, Susana; Ellsworth, Phoebe C.; Gaertner, Lowell; Strack, Fritz; Marozzi, Marco; Liuzza, Marco Tullio (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-20)
      Following theories of emotional embodiment, the facial feedback hypothesis suggests that individuals’ subjective experiences of emotion are influenced by their facial expressions. However, evidence for this hypothesis has been mixed. We thus formed a global adversarial collaboration and carried out a preregistered, multicentre study designed to specify and test the conditions that should most reliably ...