🌍 Are facial expressions of emotion universal across cultures?
🤔 Charles Darwin believed in the universality of emotional expressions.
📽️ Paul Ekman tested this theory through film screenings of isolated tribes.
🌍 Different cultures have different facial expressions for emotions.
🔬 Research suggests that some of our emotional expressions are universal.
🐾 Comparisons between human and non-human mammalian facial expressions reveal similarities.
😄 Chimpanzee laughter is different from human laughter but shares some muscle movements.
😠 Anger is characterized by lowered and close eyebrows, tense eyes, and narrow lips.
😱 Fear involves raised upper eyelids, raised eyebrows, and an open mouth.
👥 Some facial expressions are universal and important for survival.
😨 Expressions of fear and surprise alert others of immediate danger.
😢 Expressions of sadness communicate a mistake or error.
😊 A warm smile can be very helpful.