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[VIDEO] Making Faces for Survival

Ask any person, from any country‚ to make a fearful face and you'll get the same response-eyebrows raised, eyes wide open, flared nostrils. A disgusted face, on the other hand, shows brows furrowed, eyes narrowed, and a tight mouth. The universal nature of certain facial expressions like fear, disgust, and sadness has led evolutionary scientists to wonder if facial expressions play a more fundamental biological role than just conveying emotion.

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Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear

Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear | Science News | Scoop.it
Our primal response to danger is part of what has kept us alive. But our capacity to imagine the future can turn it pathological.
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