Is Perceived Expressivity of Game Players a Cue to Game Outcome Prediction Accuracy?

H.C. Mui, M.B. Goudbeek, M.G.J. Swerts

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    Abstract

    Games can be won or lost, and the outcome of the game often determines our facial expression. Thus, game players’ facial
    expression possibly provides information about the game outcome. The connection between such nonverbal cues and accuracy at which game outcome could be deduced is investigated in a perception experiment. Facial expressions of Chinese and Dutch children playing a game, either alone or in pairs, were shown to Chinese and Dutch judges who had to evaluate their expressivity and game outcome. No one-to-one mapping between perceived expressivity and guessing accuracy across conditions was revealed. A positive correlation was observed be tween expressivity and accuracy for both Chinese and Dutch children playing in pairs as well as alone, but only when they were winning. In fact, nonexpressivity was consistently interpreted by judges as a signal for losing. Our findings contribute to the identification of conditions in which expressivity can reliably aid perception
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 36th Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    PublisherAustin, TX: Cognitive Science Society
    Pages2663-2668
    Number of pages6
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014
    EventCogSci 2014 - Québec City, Canada
    Duration: 23 Jul 201426 Jul 2014

    Conference

    ConferenceCogSci 2014
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityQuébec City
    Period23/07/1426/07/14

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