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Science 27 October 1978:
Vol. 202. no. 4366, pp. 434 - 436
DOI: 10.1126/science.705335
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Science, Vol 202, Issue 4366, 434-436
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Emotions are expressed more intensely on the left side of the face

HA Sackeim, RC Gur, and MC Saucy

Pictures of human faces posing six distinct emotions (plus a neutral expression) and their mirror reversals were split down the midlines, and left-side and right-side composites were constructed. Subjects judged left-side composites as expressing emotions more intensely than right-side composites. The finding indicates hemispheric asymmetry in the control over emotional expression in the face.


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