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How people assess others' emotions

BRAIN A frown, smile, raised eyebrows, pursed lips-facial expressions can reveal a lot about how a person is feeling. What enables individuals to make the connection between facial expressions and emotions?

For some time, researchers have known that the right hemisphere of the brain was important to judge others' emotions. A study by University of Iowa, Iowa City, health care investigators has identified specific areas of the brain that aid in emotion assessment of facial expressions. They found that right somatosensory-related cortices may help people to "put themselves in others' shoes" and think about how they would feel if they were making similar facial expressions.

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