"Why Do You Always Look Angry?": Incongruent Facial Affect Displays in Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury

Authors

Kay A. Brown, University of Northern Iowa

Abstract

This study investigates how traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the normal congruence between subjective emotion and affective displays, and explores how disruption in the normal coherence between these two phenomena can adversely affect social relationships. By incorporating personal experience with perspectives of five other TBI survivors and their families, the study renders an insightful comparison of expressive and relational behavior before and after the injuries occurred.

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Communication

Volume

38

Issue

2

First Page

229

Last Page

245

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Brown, Kay A. (2006) ""Why Do You Always Look Angry?": Incongruent Facial Affect Displays in Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 38: No. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol38/iss2/6

Copyright

©2006 Iowa Communication Association