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This story is from the category Embodiment
Date posted: 05/03/2014 It’s a concept that had become universally understood: humans experience six basic emotions—happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise—and use the same set of facial movements to express them. What’s more, we can recognize emotions on another’s face, whether that person hails from Boston or Borneo. The only problem with this concept, according to Northeastern University Distinguished Professor of Psychology Lisa Feldman Barrett, is that it isn’t true at all. For nearly two decades, Barrett has been tracking down the research that established this misconception and wouldn’t rest until she actually performed the experiments to disprove it. In two research papers, recently and soon to be published in the journals Psychological Science and Emotion, respectively, she’s finally done exactly that. The new research calls into question the very foundations of emotion science. As Barrett found, “Emotions are not universally perceived. Everything that’s predicated on that is a mistake.” See the full Story via external site: www.northeastern.edu Most recent stories in this category (Embodiment): 28/02/2017: UK robotics research gets £17.3m pledge |
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