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January 18, 2013

Strange But True!

Q. Can you tell by facial expression if a hungry cannibal intends to eat you?

A. This took on more than just theoretical interest for psychologist Paul Ekman years ago when he traveled to a remote part of New Guinea to study facial expressions among the Fore people, as he reported in Science magazine. Which theory was correct — Darwin's view that facial expressions of emotions are universal, or Margaret Mead's claim that they vary with different cultures?


 
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