New study highlights difficulty in detecting threats in crowds

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 14:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Understanding and interpreting facially-expressed emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear or anger is something most of us take for granted. It is an evolutionary skill we've developed in order to survive - particularly in those situations where we perceive there is a potential threat.

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