Do facial expressions convey the same emotions around the world? If you were to travel anywhere in the globe -- even to visit remote tribes who have scant contact with the larger world -- would people be able to read your emotions from your facial expressions (happiness, sadness, disgust, etc.) and would you be able to read theirs?
In other words, do people smile when they're happy, wrinkle their noses when disgusted, the world over?
Scientists have long thought so, but authors of a new study... read more