Barbara Fredrickson, “The Science of Emotions” (Open Agenda, 2020)
New Books in Neuroscience
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Do You Make Eye Contact With Other People?
If we don't make eye contact with other people, research shows we're pretty cut off from that gut wisdom. As we mimic that facial expression, we have kind of a neural mimicry going on as well. And that can inform your gut onto what what that smile might mean. There's m there's not just one kind of smile and so to be able to disabiguate all those different kinds of smiles, you're not good at that. If you do make eye contact, you're better at seeing all those subtle differences. Other people are actually really good a a mirrors for us. So when if you think you're being positive, but you're not drawing other people in
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