Face Recognition Can Vary From One Culture To Another
The way we recognize faces can say a lot about what culture we come from. This finding change the concept of the capability of face recognition is universal across the globe. According to this study, Westerners often concentrate on individual details of face, while East Asians focus on how details relate to each other.
When reading the expression Americans focus expression of a central figure and Japanese focus behind that central figure to gauge that person’s emotional state. Scientists used eye-tracking systems to monitor eye movements of participants. They have observed the difference in eye movements in Westerners and East Asian participants. They found that Westerners look at specific features on face such as the eyes and mouth and East Asian focus on the nose or the centre of the face. This allows them to get a general view of all the features.
Crying Helps You Remember
If you think suppressing emotions are cool, think again. According to researchers of University of Washington and Stanford University suggest that suppressing emotions may actually hinder your ability to recall past events. During the study participants were shown a film depicting a married couple arguing. Subjects who hid their emotions during the viewing, remembered far less. Subjects also viewed slides of injured accident victims and were told personal information about each victims. The results showed that participants who suppressed their feelings recalled fewer details than the other participants.
Robot Baby With Emotions
Scientists created a Robot, a flexible, plastic puppet with robotic features. The robot has been programmed to react to sound, touch and nearby movements. It’s called Heart Robot, because its red “heart” is visible on the left side of its body and it beats at different rates.
This robot is programmed to react to human emotions and displayed at the Antenna Gallery at London’s Science Museum.
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Managing Emotionally Challenging Situations Comes With Age
Researchers from University of Alberta and Duke University have concluded that managing emotional situations really comes with age. They have identified brain patterns that can help older people to control emotion better than younger adults. In people with over the age of 60, the two regions in the brain are increased in activity when emotionally challenging situations were presented. Older people are better able to manage how much attention they should pay to negative situations. Therefore they’re less upset by them.
