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31 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 05 December 2011 08:38AM

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 06 December 2011 09:43:16PM 6 points [-]

As a teenager I trained myself to recognize specific small details that reliably distinguish between otherwise similar-looking expressions; tightened muscles, gaze direction, shoulder height and angle, things like that.

Could you do a discussion post on this? It would really help me.

Comment author: eugman 07 December 2011 12:45:05PM *  1 point [-]

Do you have an android device? This tool was useful for me personally. It only covers facial expressions for the fundamental emotions; however, I can now reliably notice the disgust response in people where I couldn't before.