What parts of the face are more important in recognizing emotions like happiness, sadness, fear or anger? How does age and gender affect our ability to perceive facial reflections of emotions? How do masks effect how people interpret our emotions, and what can we do about it?

Dr. Andrew Mienaltowski, a psychologist at Western Kentucky University, discusses his research on how we read other peoples faces

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Bench Talk | The Eyes Have It: Emotional Cue Perception - Dr. Andy Mienaltowski | Feb 15 2021 by Forward Radio is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.