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It's almost impossible to ignore an emotional face
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In their research, in April’s Emotion (Vol. 10, No. 2), Derrick Watson and Elizabeth Blagrove asked participants to hunt for the unique facial expression in a picture made up of many identical facial expressions. For example, participants would try to find the smiling face among a sea of frowning faces. Participants consistently took longer to find the happy face in the crowd of sad faces than the other way around. This suggests, say the researchers, that the brain spends more time processing negative facial expressions so as to accurately decide the best way to respond.