Familiar vs. Unfamiliar Faces (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Familiar vs. Unfamiliar Faces

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Study participants were familiarized with faces surreptitiously, as background images on a supposed memory task. Later, when asked to pick between two faces showing the same objective level of emotion -- 25 percent happy, let's say -- participants said the familiar face looked happier than the unfamiliar.

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Figure courtesy Evan Carr

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