Supposedly, angry, sad or happy - it's all in the eye of the beholder

A smile and a frown mean the same thing everywhere - or so say many anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists, who for more than a century have argued that all humans express basic emotions the same way. But a study of people's perceptions of computer-generated faces suggests that facial expressions may not be universal and that our culture strongly shapes the way we read and express emotions.

The hypothesis that facial expressions convey the same meaning the world over goes all the way back to Charles Darwin.

In his 1872 book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, the famed naturalist identified six basic emotional states: happiness, surprise, fear, disgust, anger and sadness.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/angry-sad-or-happy--its-all-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-20120509-1ycwh.html#ixzz1uRMLTE2k

Supposedly, angry, sad or happy - it's all in the eye of the beholder

Supposedly, angry, sad or happy - it's all in the eye of the beholder

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