Abstract
The present study investigated whether the effect of dynamic information in recognizing emotional facial expressions would change across the visual field (i.e., central or peripheral vision). Facial stimuli were three positive expressions (lively, happy and relaxed faces) and three negative expressions (fearful, angry and sad faces) selected according to a dimensional perspective. Participants evaluated emotional states of target facial expression presented as dynamic or static and in central or peripheral vision. A task was the forced choice task in Experiment 1 and Affect Grid (Russell, Weiss, & Mendelsohn, 1989) in Experiment 2. The results in the forced choice task showed that only dynamic angry faces in peripheral vision had better recognition than those in the static condition. The results in Affect Grid indicated that only positive expressions in peripheral vision were significantly rated as more strongly positive.
