Since Darwin’s (1872) publication of The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, emotion researchers have made tremendous progress in understanding the function, structure, and significance of emotion. Yet, the bulk of this work has focused squarely on the face. Recent research has shown the importance of augmenting facial expression research with a focus on other modalities, and carefully attending to the role of context in disambiguating emotional cues. This special issue includes theoretical and empirical papers that advance our understanding of emotional expression beyond the face. Emerging themes from this special issue comprise advances in the modal expression of positive emotion, the advantage of studying bodily expressions of emotion, and the importance of spontaneous, authentic, and dynamic emotional expressions, particularly ones that are situated into their appropriate context.

自达尔文 (1872) 出版《人类和动物的情绪表达》以来，情绪研究人员在理解情绪的功能、结构和意义方面取得了巨大的进步。然而，这项工作的大部分内容都集中在面部。最近的研究表明，以其他方式为重点来增强面部表情研究的重要性，并仔细关注上下文在消除情感线索歧义方面的作用。本期特刊包括理论和实证论文，这些论文促进了我们对面部以外的情绪表达的理解。本期特刊的新兴主题包括积极情绪模态表达的进步、研究情绪身体表达的优势，以及自发、真实和动态情绪表达的重要性，尤其是那些处于适当背景下的情绪表达。