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Not Blind to Emotion Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> General Science   
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Two patients, partially blind because of damage to one side of their brain, were able to sense, and respond to, emotions expressed by people in pictures presented to their blind sides. A study by an international team of researchers found that the patients unconsciously twitched a facial muscle uniquely involved in smiling when a picture showed a happy person, and a muscle involved in frowning when the person depicted looked fearful. (source: nature.com)
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