Abstract

Face identification ability of Korean observers is impaired when foreign faces are presented to them. This is known as the cross-race effect. The purpose of the paper is to introduce the Korea University Facial Expression Collection (KUFEC), a set fully comprised of Korean models, and to report its emotional rating data. The KUFEC is a useful tool in fields of emotional research because it contains a systematic pictorial collection of six basic emotions and two neutral facial expressions. The semantic differential method was used for the emotional evaluation of the KUFEC stimuli. Responses regarding Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance were collected for each 392 stimuli looking straight forward. The rating results are included in appendix II.