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- MalarkeyPN, on 12/29/2008, -2/+43Aren't newborns also proof of this?
- 4NDr01D, on 12/29/2008, -1/+36so Sad Shark really is Sad?
:( - GregLoire, on 12/29/2008, -1/+22I was worried that my psychology degree would become even more useless as time went on and everything I was taught is overturned. But now I can rejoice, as ancient research is finding its way back into the spotlight!
Has anyone heard of this guy named Freud? - JeffyM, on 12/29/2008, -0/+19This is old news. It has been found that all cultures so far studied recognize facial expressions of...
Happiness
Sadness
Disgust
Anger
Contempt
Surprise
Fear - ileftfark, on 12/29/2008, -1/+15If only the O-face could be unlearned.
- angusm, on 12/29/2008, -1/+9Puts on amazed face.
- aizvek, on 12/29/2008, -0/+6It's hard to beat Kasparov's reaction to a bad move: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqcT66Fkzw
- 0ceanic, on 12/29/2008, -0/+6and blind people?
- lalalalamppost, on 12/29/2008, -0/+6It makes sense that, evolutionarily, humans would evolve standard facial expressions. It has huge survival advantages to be able to communicate satisfaction, anger, fear. Most animals have the same symbols: cats purr, hiss, put back their ears. Etc.
It's not the Innateness that is curious to me, that seems obvious. What I'm curious about is: how is this stuff encoded into the genome? - tyrulz, on 12/29/2008, -5/+10no *****...
- inactive, on 12/29/2008, -0/+4I'm new. Nice to meet you!
- latrosicarius, on 12/29/2008, -2/+6so is it bad that whenever i see a baby in a stroller i give it the meanest hate-filled scowl i can manage, just for the lulz?
- virginialynch, on 12/29/2008, -1/+5New study? NEW study? My God, this goes right along with those studies that say the rate of health risks caused by obesity is increasing exponentially.
- RobotBuddha, on 12/29/2008, -0/+3It could easily be neurological damage, either from birth or trauma. It's not that uncommon for people to lose abilities like that after damage to specific areas of the brain. Both ability to recognize displays of emotion in a face, and ability to even recognize people by their face.
- lornali, on 12/30/2008, -0/+3How does one explain facial expressions that relate to surprise?
- inactive, on 12/29/2008, -0/+3How about those passive aggressive bitches in Marketing and HR?
- inactive, on 12/29/2008, -1/+4It needs to become standard practice for every student of behavioral sciences to GET A DOG before receiving their degree. They'd save a lot of time and money observing things like inter-species intuition and similarities of facial expression first hand. Once they understand how similar dogs and humans are they can mentally fill in the blanks about what's nature and what's nurture in human behavior and won't be so compelled to carry out these useless studies.
- mstachiw, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2You mean I laugh because I am human?
- 6oo63D, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2what of emoticons?
- Agentdvd, on 12/29/2008, -1/+3:3 :D D: :P :| :\ >=( =0 =D D= =3
- schnikies79, on 12/29/2008, -0/+2Doesn't mean that they do.
- wefarrell, on 12/29/2008, -0/+2In some cultures fear is the same as surprise, at least thats what Paul Ekman says.
- Portfolioso, on 12/29/2008, -1/+3Read an intro to Psych textbook. This is not new. Smiles are universal, I remember learning that years ago in high school psych. Jeez
- inactive, on 12/30/2008, -0/+2Interestingly, in my own studies, I've found much the same thing with women's oh-faces, both blind and sighted.
- adiggityam, on 12/29/2008, -1/+3I'll just add my 'old-news' comment to the pile.
- angers, on 12/29/2008, -0/+2check picture in the article
- em4joshua, on 12/29/2008, -0/+2Paul Ekman researched facial expressions back in the 60's and found that isolated cultures responded to facial expressions the same way as other cultures.
http://www.paulekman.com/
http://www.paulekman.com/pdfs/facial_expression.pd ... - ayeroxor, on 12/29/2008, -0/+2"If you smile at me, I will understand, 'cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language" - Wooden Ships, CSN
- homercles337, on 12/29/2008, -1/+3What a stupid, flawed study. Not only is the DUH factor huge, but this ***** was shown decades ago in well controlled studies--something this thing lacks.
- EetFuk, on 12/29/2008, -1/+3"Study: Alarmingly large portion of studies is waste of time and money or just plain stupid."
- Gareth321, on 12/30/2008, -0/+1Oh yea? Well I have a vague memory of a possible discussion with a friend who has a teacher that reads about psychology stuff and "I" cant' remember the details either. I rest my case.
- maroon1872, on 12/30/2008, -0/+1O_O
- vickers500, on 12/29/2008, -0/+1Puts on jigsaw face.
- chrisduser, on 12/29/2008, -2/+3Yeah really, this study would be laughed out of a school science fair.
- Eivo, on 12/29/2008, -1/+2Ok, I'm no scientist, but if they conducted a study on blind and sighted people to prove that facial expressions are innate in our genes, I take issue with this research method. Blind people can be taught facial expressions by feeling another persons face. To assume that this never happened is a large gap in the research in my opinion.
I do think that facial expressions are universal and are most likely innate to us however. - Blandyman, on 12/29/2008, -1/+2athlete? why?
- 1ChicagoDave, on 12/29/2008, -0/+1I think they should include improvisors in the next study somehow. Actors from Second City and Improv Olympic, I'm sure, already knew this. Physicality of emotion is at the core of 'acting' an emotion. It makes sense... if you want to 'pretend' to feel a certain way, first you physically take on that emotion (make a face) and then they feelings just come naturally.
- Zilk, on 12/29/2008, -1/+2So how come all the stick people drawings from children in Holocaust labor camps don't smile?
- LucasVB, on 12/29/2008, -1/+2In other news: Water found to be wet. News at 11.
- ayeroxor, on 12/29/2008, -0/+1tl;b
- gggaryyy, on 12/29/2008, -3/+3So McCain was hardwired to do this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdxpipeline/294735483 ...
scary. - inactive, on 12/29/2008, -2/+2I'll be sure to check that out when I do another suprise sex bombing.
- scottysmith, on 12/29/2008, -2/+2Why the f**k do people waste their time researching this crap...you have a degree, and you want to do research...why not try something that will benefit the world...like cancer research
- newms32, on 12/30/2008, -0/+0Seriously. How else could a smile be 100% universal around the globe, it's not a random social artifact.
- Zilk, on 12/29/2008, -1/+1BTW, it's pretty obvious so spare me the digg comebacks
- outkaster, on 12/30/2008, -1/+1Because you can't smile in the oven, your face is melted off.
- eggowaffl, on 12/29/2008, -3/+2it sounds totally obvious, but it raises some interesting questions in terms of studies of sociopaths and psychopaths. it was generally always thought that they learned to express emotion through observation, since they claim to not be able to "feel" emotion. But according to this, they process emotion at least at a subconscious level.
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