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Brain Quickly Detects Happiness in Others

(HealthDay News) -- When it comes to picking up emotional signals from others, the brain responds to happiness faster than sadness, a new study has found…

"Positive expressions, or expressions of approach, are perceived more quickly and more precisely than negative or withdrawal ones," study author J. Antonio Aznar-Casanova told a Spanish science news service. "So, happiness and surprise are processed faster than sadness and fear."…

Determining how people make value judgments based on first impressions is important in many areas of society, said Aznar-Casanova, adding that "these inferences can strongly influence election results or the sentences given in trials."

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