THE POWER OF FACES - A REVIEW OF LANZETTA,JOHN,T. RESEARCH ON FACIAL EXPRESSION AND EMOTION

Provides a comprehensive review of John T. Lanzetta's research program on facial expression and emotion. After reviewing the study that init iated this research program (Lanzetta & Kleck, 1970), the program is d escribed as developing along four distinct lines of research: (1) the role of facial expression in the modulation and self-regulation of emo tion (2) the evocative power of the face as an emotional stimulus, (3) the role of facial expression in empathy and counterempathy, and (4) the role of facial displays in human politics. Beyond reviewing the ma jor studies and key findings to emerge from each of these lines, the p rogression of thought underlying the development of this research prog ram as a whole and the interrelations among the individual research li nes are also emphasized.