Behavioral and ERP Markers of Emotion Recognition: Comparing Embodied, Facial, and Emoji Stimuli
Munna Rajeev Shainy, Arun Sasidharan, Vrinda Marigowda, Prashansa Tripathi, Varsha Vijayan, Advait Basak, Meghna Sekhar, Sumit Sharma
The paper compares emotion recognition across human faces, emoji faces, and stick figures using behavioral and EEG measures, finding emoji faces are most accurate and fastest, while stick figures show stronger early emotional processing.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience