Study explores how emotions in facial expressions are understood

(University of East Anglia) New research by academics at the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals how well fearful facial expressions are perceived in peripheral vision.Although human vision has the highest resolution when we look directly at something, we see a much wider view of the visual world in our lower resolution peripheral vision. In fact, detecting signals of potential danger in our periphery - especially moving ones - is something our visual system is well adapted for.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news