Moreover, certain emotions seemed to act as multipliers, making images more likely to be shared. In particular, empathy often accompanied strong negative emotions; interest, surprise, and amusement ...

That should help to improve how studies of human emotions are conducted in different cultures, says Martinez; his results suggest that the underlying ability to express emotions may be similar ...

Combining it with brain-imaging tests, they've learned images impact emotions more than once thought. Skip to main content. ... And different kinds of emotions lit up different regions.

The Finnish researchers studied 701 subjects, asking them what they felt in their bodies as they experienced 13 different basic and complex emotions.

The "neutral" image, in its black and purples, can be seen as a baseline, whereas colors get brighter as the emotion increases (yellow is where it was most strongly felt).

The images in a meme are authentic photographs of tears under a special type of microscope. ... And similar patterns were sometimes revealed in tears provoked by different emotions.

How we see others' emotions depends on our pre-conceived beliefs Date: July 23, 2018 Source: New York University Summary: A new study makes new insights into how we recognize facial expressions of ...