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·April 5, 2022·3 min read

Women Seen as Happy and Men as Angry Despite Real Emotions

Researchers say sex influences emotional interpretation of faces and voices. Faces and voices are judged to be male when they are angry and female when they are happy.

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·August 21, 2021·4 min read

Heavy Drinking May Impair Men’s Ability to Recognize Facial Emotions

Men who are intoxicated with alcohol have impairments when it comes to correctly assessing emotional facial cues in others. Researchers speculate the findings may explain why alcohol use is often associated with harmful interpersonal and social interactions, such as aggression and domestic violence.

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·July 23, 2021·3 min read

Facial Expression Software Knows Which Olympic Medal Makes You Happier and Why

Facial expression analysis reveals bronze medalists were more likely to smile on the podium than silver medalists, while gold medalists were displayed the happiest facial expressions.

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·June 2, 2021·4 min read

Autistic People Find It Harder to Identify Anger in Facial Expressions

People on the autism spectrum have difficulties in identifying angry expressions produced at normal speed and intensity.

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·December 16, 2020·4 min read

The 16 Facial Expressions Most Common to Emotional Situations Worldwide

Study reveals the universality of human facial expressions in response to emotion that spans geographical and cultural borders.

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·July 29, 2020·4 min read

Increased Attention to Sad Faces Predicts Depression Risk in Teenagers

Biased attention to sad faces increases the risk of teenagers developing depression, a new study reports.

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·April 2, 2020·4 min read

Mice make different facial expressions based on emotion

Mouse show different facial expression depending on their emotional state. Using machine learning, researchers were able to link five different emotional states to the facial expressions of mice.

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·October 15, 2019·3 min read

Happy, angry or neutral expressions? Eyes react just as fast

The initial reaction of the brain is independent of the facial emotional expression we see. It is only after the eye movement is completed that the brain shows strong responses to the emotional expression of a face.

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·September 4, 2019·4 min read

Can AI spot liars?

Artificial intelligence systems that use emotional reading algorithms to evaluate facial expressions are not very good at lie detection.

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·July 30, 2019·3 min read

How can you reliably spot a fake smile? Ask a computer

New computer software can accurately detect whether a smile is real or faked. Genuine smiles generate 10% more movement around eye muscles.

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·May 24, 2019·5 min read

People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment

Many people who experience traumatic brain injury report a loss of empathy following their injury. Researchers consider how to reconnect those who have a TBI with their feelings of empathy and emotional recognition.

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·June 21, 2018·3 min read

How do Horses Read Human Emotional Cues?

Whether a person is familiar to the animal or not, horses integrate human facial expressions and vocal tones to perceive human emotion, a new study reports.