AnimalFACS
OrangFACS
A repository to access OrangFACS information and documentation
What OrangFACS is:
The Orangutan Facial Action Coding System (OrangFACS) is a scientific observational tool for identifying and coding facial movements in Orangutans. The system is based on the facial anatomy of Orangutans and has been adapted from the original FACS system used for humans created by Ekman and Friesen (1978). The OrangFACS manual details how to use the system and code the facial movements of Orangutans objectively. The manual and certification is freely available (see below).
More info regarding the development of this FACS system can be found here:
What OrangFACS isn’t:
OrangFACS is not an ethogram of facial expressions, and does not make any inference about any underlying emotion or context causing the movement. Instead this is an objective coding scheme with no assumption about what represents a facial expression in this species. It will not explicitally teach you Orangutan facial expressions
Useage of materials
Please note, you are not permitted to use any videos provided with the FACS manuals, or test, without written permitted from the owners. Please contact animalfacsuk@gmail.com if you wish to request permissions to use any materials.
Accessing the manual
The OrangFACS Manual is freely available via the link below OrangFACS Manual
The associated training videos can be accessed here. Training/Example Videos
Accessing the test
To become a certified OrangFACS coder, we encourage you to take the associated test. The OrangFACS test involves trainees to accurately code the facial movements in a series of video clips.
The test can be accessed here: OrangFACS Test materials
PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORM TO SUBMIT YOUR TEST ANSWERS FOR CERTIFICATION. Note: a Google account is required.
Click here to begin certification test
The people behind it
OrangFACS was developed thanks to the joint effort of:
Cátia C. Caeiro, Department of Psychology, University of Lincoln Bridget M. Waller, Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University Elke Zimmermann, Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Anne M. Burrows, Department of Physical Therapy, Duquesne University (PA, USA) Marina Davila-Ross, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank all the institutions and people that somehow contributed to make this project
To the funding institutions/grants: European Commission Leonardo da Vinci grant, Center for Systems Neuroscience Hannover, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Gesellschaft der Freunde der TiHo, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; To the institutions where the data collection took place: Apenheul Primate Park (The Netherlands), Leipzig Zoological Garden (Germany), Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre (Malaysia), Tierpark Carl Hagenbeck (Germany), Zoo Wilhelma (Germany); To the people who assisted in collecting part of the audio-visual material: C. Schopf, E. Ey, M. Wessels, S. Johnson; To the people that sent additional photographs: C. Rodrigues, F. Lasmana, N. Baptista, R. Sharma; To collaborators that were involved on the reliability assessment: M. Lembeck, P. Kuchenbuch; To the institutions that established a mobility partnership acting as host/sending organizations: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, University of Portsmouth.