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·October 14, 2025·5 min read

Moving Away Makes Faces Seem Angrier

New research shows that our own physical movements can alter how we perceive emotions on others’ faces. In a virtual reality experiment, participants were more likely to judge a face as angry when they actively moved away from it, compared to when the face moved away from them.

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·April 19, 2025·4 min read

Neural Fingerprints Predict Team Flow in Social Interactions

Researchers have developed a novel algorithm that maps each person's brain activity into a unique “neural fingerprint,” revealing stable, long-term neural traits.

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·June 13, 2024·6 min read

Facial Expressions Alter Memory of Color

Facial expressions influence memory color effect, with angry and fearful faces more strongly affected than neutral faces. Participants perceived achromatic angry and fearful faces as red-yellow, indicating that expression impacts color memory. This research highlights how emotions and memory color are interconnected. Future studies aim to explore attention toward different facial expressions and colors.

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·October 11, 2023·5 min read

Hidden Emotions: The Subtle Impact of Facial Color

Researchers explored how facial color affects our subconscious perception of emotions. Using photos with "hybrid emotions," they discovered that reddish facial hues enhanced the friendliness of happy expressions without affecting angry ones.

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·July 20, 2022·5 min read

Perception Depends on Whether You Are Looking Up or Down

The intensity of perceptual bias in specific views depends upon posture and the position of your neck, a new study reveals.

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·June 20, 2020·4 min read

The relationship between looking and listening and human emotions

A new study reveals the relationship between attentional state and emotions from pupillary reactions. Visual perception elicits emotions in all attentional state, while auditory perception elicits emotions only when attention is paid to sounds.