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During infancy it is difficult to elicit discrete negative expressions like anger, distress and sadness, [9] and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the most common infant facial expression is the "cry-face". Cry-face is thought to integrate aspects of both anger and distress expressions and may indicate a shared basis in negative emotionality. [ 9 ]
Voluntary facial expressions are often socially conditioned and follow a cortical route in the brain. Conversely, involuntary facial expressions are believed to be innate and follow a subcortical route in the brain. Facial recognition can be an emotional experience for the brain and the amygdala is highly involved in the recognition process.
Facial expression is a part of body language and the expression of emotion.It can comprise movement of the eyes, eyebrows, lips, nose and cheeks. At one point, researchers believed that making a genuine smile was nearly impossible to do on command.
Facial expressions are signals that we make by moving our facial muscles on our face. Facial expressions generally signify an emotional state, and each emotional state or state of mind has a specific facial expression, many of which are universally used around the world. [ 16 ]
The development of FACS tools for different species allows the objective and anatomical study of facial expressions in communicative and emotional contexts. Furthermore, a cross-species analysis of facial expressions can help to answer interesting questions, such as which emotions are uniquely human. [21]
Chris J. Ratcliffe/WPA Pool/Getty Images “The most striking thing that we see non-verbally from Kate is a fantastic smile. Her whole face is engaged and her eyes are engaged,” Stanton told ...
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