Seeing someone else’s enlarged eye whites is enough to activate your brain's fear-processing center. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Nor could she recognize fear in photographs of human faces. Most of us judge facial expressions by looking primarily at the eyes. Even seven week old infants explore the face by fixating on the eyes.

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A woman who is unable to recognize fear from facial expressions is helping scientists to understand how our brains perceive emotions. The 38-year-old known as SM has a rare disease that damaged ...