Double-checking emotions: Valence and emotion category in contextual integration of facial expressions of emotion

Faces showing happy, angry or fearful expressions were presented in emotionally congruent or incongruent situational contexts (short sentences describing events that would usually provoke happiness, anger or fear). The participants were assigned the task of judging whether the expression was appropriate or not to the context (congruency judgment task). Effects of emotional congruency were observed at both the behavioral and electrophysiological...