A researcher in facial expression who compared spontaneous expressions of blind and sighted athletes. Including people blind from birth tests whether visually observing other people’s faces is necessary for the expressions studied. Similarities across groups inform the role of visual learning without implying that social context never modifies emotional displays.[ref]
Spontaneous facial expressions of emotion of congenitally and noncongenitally blind individuals by David Matsumoto and others. 2009, methods and results, blind and sighted athletes
Portrait of David Matsumoto
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