Rachael Elizabeth Jack
University of Glasgow
Professor (Associate, Full, Senior Lecturer or above)
Facial expressions, emotion, culture, reverse correlation, communication, dynamics, social robotics
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Rachael Jack is a Professor in the Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology/School of Psychology, University of Glasgow. Her research has produced significant advances in understanding facial expression of emotion within and across cultures using a novel interdisciplinary approach that combines psychophysics, social psychology, dynamic 3D computer graphics, and mathematical psychology. Most notably, she has revealed cultural specificities in facial expressions of emotion; that four, not six, expressive patterns are common across cultures; and that facial expressions transmit information in a hierarchical structure over time. Together, Jack’s work has challenged the dominant view that six basic facial expressions of emotion are universal, which has led to a new theoretical framework of facial expression communication that she is now transferring to digital agents to synthesize culturally sensitive social avatars and robots.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psychology/staff/rachaeljack/