Who's happy? How long we look at happy faces is in our genes

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 08:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Though we all depend on reading people's faces, each of us sees others' faces a bit differently. At one end of this spectrum people with autism spectrum conditions look less at other people's faces, and have trouble understanding others people's feelings. New research has found variations of the cannabinoid receptor gene that alter the amount of time people spend looking at happy faces.

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