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What faces in paintings can tell us about how we perceive emotion

Helen of Troy by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (1867) Wikimedia Look closely at a face in a painting and you might think you know what emotion the person is experiencing. A smile suggests happiness. A furrowed brow might signal anger. Widened eyes could mean fear or surprise. But what happens when you ask lots of people the same question? Do they see the same emotion, or something more complicated? In our recent research, we tested how consistently people interpret faces and their emotions…

Where: France

Exact coordinates

france: 46.230, 2.210

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