Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 18:28 in Psychology & Sociology

People make value judgements about others based on their facial expressions. A new study, carried out be Spanish and Brazilian researchers, shows that – after looking at a face for only 100 milliseconds – we can detect expressions of happiness and surprise faster than those of sadness or fear.

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