arxivcs.AI2026-06-26
MER-R1: Multimodal Emotion Reasoning via Slow-Fast Thinking Synergy
Zhiyuan Han, Beier Zhu, Wenwen Tong, Chengwei Qin, Xinyi Wang, Jiayu Zhang, et al.
We find that explicit reasoning does not necessarily translate into better multimodal emotion recognition (MER) accuracy, even though it makes predictions more interpretable. Specifically, for reasoning-based MLLMs, fast thinking by triggering direct answers often outperforms slo…