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Dynamic Facial Movements Shape How Confident Speakers Appear

2026-04-23

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<p>Human communication is inherently multimodal, relying on signals conveyed through speech, vocal tone, and facial movements. While gestures and vocal cues are known to influence how speech is understood, the role of facial movements in shaping interpretation remains poorly specified. Here, we test whether dynamic facial movements shape how speech is understood by systematically modulating listener inferences of...

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Literature Corpus work: 416fac38-28db-58d6-9560-e3a4369e3c71
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/8hqy9_v1

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