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August 17, 2009
Facial emotional expressions are not universal
From the Bushmen of the Kalahari to the Kalaallit of Greenland, you'll find that people everywhere frown in frustration and smile in delight. Or will you? The universality of human emotions and their expression in the face has become widely accepted in psychology. At the vanguard of this perspective is pioneering psychologist Paul Ekman, the co-creator of the facial action coding system (FACS) -
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June 19, 2009
Atheists also have a sense of awe and wonder
Cardinal Cormack Murphy O'Connor caused a stir last month with his claim that atheists are not fully human because they don't have a sense of transcendental. Now, atheists mostly aren't transcendental almost by definition - the word refers to a belief in something for which there is no evidence.But do atheists also lack more common human emotions, like a sense of awe and wonder? After all, these
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June 11, 2009
Naps With Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Increase Receptiveness To Positive Emotion
Naps with rapid eye movement sleep refresh the brain's empathetic sensitivity for evaluating human emotions by decreasing a negative bias and amplifying recognition of positive emotions, according to new research.
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