Fearful looks get brain's attention faster (study)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071014/sc_nm/brain_expressions_dc

THE EYES HAVE IT

The team found people became aware of fearful expressions much faster than neutral or happy faces. "We were seeing it pretty much universally," Zald said.

He thinks it has something to do with the eyes.

"If you compare the amounts of the whites showing with a fearful face versus a neutral face, the difference is really quite striking," he said.

People who were shown images only of eyes consistently picked out the fearful ones first.

Finally, we have an explanation for this little phenom: :rofl:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

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1. It is said a human 'smile' is a primal off-shoot of what primate' use to express...

fear, and high levels of anxiety hence...all those teethy, angst riddled 'sort of wacky-nutty grins' seen on human faces strapped into roller coasters in a 0-G state of free fall and yeah...

that Prairie Dog is heck'ah freak'in