The Communicative Function of Sad Facial Expressions

What are the communicative functions of sad facial expressions? Research shows that people feel sadness in response to losses but it’s unclear whether sad expressions function to communicate losses to others and if so, what makes these signals credible. Here we use economic games to test the hypothe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lawrence Ian Reed, Peter DeScioli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-03-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917700418