February 1, 2016
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton may want to take note.
If a quick scan of the crowd tells you your audience looks riveted, bored or angry, trust your eyes. New research from UC Berkeley shows that we average out expressions in a sea of faces to get a reliable mood reading.
The study, published in the Journal of Vision, shows the human brain is wired to speedily pick up on the overall emotional tenor of a crowd, registering everything from alarm over impending danger to fascination, humor and anger as well as mixed emotions.
Read more from Berkeley News | February 1st, 2016: https://news.berkeley.edu/2016/02/01/crowdfaces/