Friends are no better than strangers in accurately identifying emotion in emails

Friends are no better at interpreting correct emotional intent in emails than complete strangers, new research indicates. The researchers found that writers are more confident their friends can correctly interpret their e-mails than strangers -- and readers are more confident in interpreting e-mails from friends than strangers, as well. However, this confidence had no relationship with actual accuracy, suggesting people are poor judges of their affect-detection skills.

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