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Happy or Sad? Recognizing Emotion Through Facial Skin Color

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. Artificial intelligence
  2. natural language processing
  3. computer vision
  4. machine learning
  5. Graduate Education
  6. Social Neuroscience
  7. person perception
  8. stereotypes
  9. attitudes

Featured Researcher(s):

Fuentes, Olac
College: Engineering
Department: Computer Science
Crites, Steve
College: Liberal Arts
Department: Psychology
Happy or Sad? Recognizing Emotion Through Facial Skin Color
Date: February 13, 2015 at 11:58 am



Originally published February 13, 2015By Nadia M. WhiteheadWatch a YouTube video of a giggling baby and you'll likely end up with a grin on your face. Your mouth will turn upward into a smile and you might even let out a chuckle yourself. The skin on your face may change color, too, turning a different hue as you experience positive emotions.Computer scientist 'Changes in a person's emotional state result in changes in blood flow in the face,' Fuentes explained. 'For instance, if someo....


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