PERCEPTION OF FACE ATTRACTIVENESS IN PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Background. Many studies have been devoted to the relationship between perception of facial expression and emotional intelligence (EI). As a rule, study this issue involved tasks recognition with stimuli expressing strong basic emotions. However, diX erences in success groups erent levels EI are not always signiY cantly pronounced. Z is may be connected fact, that expressions too easy for subjects both high low scores. In order conduct more effective issue, it necessary complicate task recognition. To end, one conY gurational eX ects E. Brunswick stating neutral faces gurations features perceived as emotionally colored, can used. Under these conditions, adequate assess recognition, but attractiveness face, which closely related expression. us, positive o[ en rated attractive, vice versa. It assumed will reveal EI. Objective. e meant explore was would evaluate erently. Sample. experiment 49 people (20 men 29 women, age range 18–35 years). Methods. Images were presented on monitor screen. Eye movements recorded during presentation. level assessed based results “Test intelligence” (TEI) (Sergienko et al., 2019). We calculated indicators TEI all branches (the abilities recognize, understand, manage, use emotions), well total score An analysis face scores eye movement parametres (duration number Y xations, duration saccades) carried out two