How many basic emotions are there in psychology?

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How many basic emotions do humans have? If you ask Google “what are basic emotions” you could be overwhelmed since there are many different answers. It may even seem like science and scientists themselves may be confused. In reality, there isn’t one simple answer. There are many different models of basic emotions and thus, each…

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Exciting new research about microexpressions!

Although microexpressions are analogous to longer-lasting ones in many ways, it is in their differences that much of the latest exciting science dwells. Humintell’s Drs. David Matsumoto and Hyisung Hwang recently published an analysis of a major study, Shen et al. (2016), which sought to contrast fleeting microexpressions from those that lasted longer than 200…

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