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Nature Neuroscience 11, 739 - 740 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn0708-739
The shape of faces (to come)
Paul J Whalen1 & Robert E Kleck1
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The authors are at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
e-mail: paul.j.whalen@dartmouth.edu
Abstract
Have facial expressions evolved randomly or do their different shapes support some adaptive purpose? New work offers evidence of a selection pressure that may have shaped fearful and disgusted expressions.
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